The Sacred in Exile

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The Sacred in Exile is written by Gillian McCann and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319664999 (ISBN 10) and 9783319664996 (ISBN 13).

This book addresses the fact that, for the first time in history, a large segment of the population in the western world is living without any form of religious belief. While a number of writers have examined the implications of this shift, none have approached the phenomenon from the perspective of religious studies. The authors examine what has been lost from the point of view of sociology, psychology, and philosophy of religion. The book sits at the nexus of a number of important debates including: the role of religion in public life, the connection between religion and physical and psychological well-being, and the implications of the loss of ritual in terms of maintaining communities.