Between Religion and Atheism: Hidden Religiosity of the Contemporary Czech Society

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
Paper provides comparative analysis of contemporary Czech religiosity with respekt to the late modern religious processes in Western Europe; existence of an implicit religion and functional equivalents of religion is also taken into account.
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Konference Twenty Years and More: Research into Minority Religions, New Religious Movements and the New Spirituality

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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Stephen Hunt: Religion and Everyday Life Routledge, London

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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Individuals and Households in the Czech Republic and CEE countries

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Authors: Večerník, Jiří (ed.)
The study aims to analytically interlink the optics of individuals and households and focus on their demographic and socio-economic behaviour since 1989 in the Czech Republic, and compare these observations with other EU countries, primarily those of Central Eastern Europe (CEE)....
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Robert Wuthnow: After the Baby Boomers. How Twenty- and Thirtysomethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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Timothy A. Byrnes – Peter J. Katzenstein (eds.): Religion in an Expanding Europe

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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Michele Dillon (ed.): Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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Charles Taylor: Varieties of Religion Today. William James Revisited

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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Nancy T. Ammerman (ed.): Everyday Religion. Observing Modern Religious Lives

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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Paul Heelas, Linda Woodhead (ve spolupráci s B. Steelem, B. Szerszynskim a K. Tustingovou): The Spiritual Revolution. Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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Linda Woodhead, Paul Fletcher, Hiroko Kawanami, David Smith (eds.): Religions in the Modern World. Traditions and Transformations

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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Three European Sociologies of Religion. Beyond the Usual Agenda of the Discipline

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
The review article that analyses three recent contributions to the sociology of religion written by European scholars and provides general overview on various versions of European scientific approaches towards religion, also in comparison with the state of the art of American soc...
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Invisible Religion in a "Non-believing" Country: The Case of the Czech Republic

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Authors: Hamplová, Dana, Zdeněk R. Nešpor
The authors analyze contemporary ir/religiosity in the Czech Republic using data from national censuses, international surveys, and a specialized national survey of religion from 2006. They show that the influence of the socio-demographic characteristics on respondents’ rel...
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Building of Crematoria in the Czech Republic. Social and Ideological Issue

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
The article histrorically and sociologically analyses several waves of crematiria building in the Czech lands dutiny the 20th century.
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Religion: An Unsolved Problem for Modern Czech Nation

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Authors: Nešporová, Olga, Zdeněk R. Nešpor
The Czech Republic is widely known as the least religious country in the world and most Czechs are quite proud of that fact. The authors, however, challenge both of these characteristics. Czechs might better be considered unchurched than atheist, with various forms of modern New...
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Peggy Levitt: God Needs No Passport. Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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Attitudes towards Religion(s) in a ‘Non-believing’ Czech Republic

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
The author examines both "old" and "new" church religiom, "alternative" spiritual outlets, and the religious attitudes of the general population in the Czech Republic presenting sociological surwey data and etnographical research.
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The Sociological Library is a modern specialised library, which is intended to serve the needs of researchers, students, and the wider academic community. Library collection contains just about 25 thousand volumes. All items are available for use in the library study hall and abo...
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Nepraví mučedníci proticírkevního boje. Martin Jindra: Strážci lidskosti. Dvanáct příběhů příslušníků Československé církve (husitské) vězněných po únoru 1948

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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Miroslav Tížik: K sociologii novej religiozity. Podoby zmeny náboženského života v 20. storočí

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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