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Sociology of religion

Bruce's argument that religion keeps public importance where it carries ethnic or national identity against an outside threat, or helps groups through cultural transition.

In sociology of religion, cultural defence refers to Bruce's argument that religion keeps public importance where it carries ethnic or national identity against an outside threat, or helps groups through cultural transition. This meaning comes from Bruce (2002) in God Is Dead.[1]

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argument3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs identity6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs threat6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

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Bruce, S. (2002). God Is Dead. Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 9780631232742

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