1. A Secular Age? The ‘Modern World’ and the Beginnings of the Sociology of Religion

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1. A Secular Age? The ‘Modern World’ and the Beginnings of the Sociology of Religion. / Knöbl, Wolfgang.
Negotiating the Secular and the Religious in the German Empire: Transnational Approaches. ed. / Rebekka Habermas. Berghahn Books Inc., 2019. p. 31-55 (New German Historical Perspectives; Vol. 10).

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Harvard

Knöbl, W 2019, 1. A Secular Age? The ‘Modern World’ and the Beginnings of the Sociology of Religion. in R Habermas (ed.), Negotiating the Secular and the Religious in the German Empire: Transnational Approaches. New German Historical Perspectives, vol. 10, Berghahn Books Inc., pp. 31-55. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789201529-002, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv12pnrr4

APA

Knöbl, W. (2019). 1. A Secular Age? The ‘Modern World’ and the Beginnings of the Sociology of Religion. In R. Habermas (Ed.), Negotiating the Secular and the Religious in the German Empire: Transnational Approaches (pp. 31-55). (New German Historical Perspectives; Vol. 10). Berghahn Books Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789201529-002, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv12pnrr4

Vancouver

Knöbl W. 1. A Secular Age? The ‘Modern World’ and the Beginnings of the Sociology of Religion. In Habermas R, editor, Negotiating the Secular and the Religious in the German Empire: Transnational Approaches. Berghahn Books Inc. 2019. p. 31-55. (New German Historical Perspectives). doi: 10.1515/9781789201529-002, 10.2307/j.ctv12pnrr4

Bibtex

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