This article draws upon the methodology pioneered by the writer in Christian Ideals in British Culture: Stories of Belief in the Twentieth Century. This stressed the importance of narrative’s ability to influence and shape both secular and religious responses to the world and Christian belief within it in Britain. Secularisation narratives and their influence in the twentieth century are the article’s primary concern. Some, such as Jeffrey Cox, have already alluded to the fact that secularisation appeared to be something of a “story.” Alongside this, the conclusions from the recent work of the author indicated that the theory became infused with a series of clear narratives — with intentions, agendas, and messages. These had a series of storytellers/audiences and, lastly, often carried a palette of potentially didactic warnings. The article unpacks the significance of the secularisation narratives of “disenchantment,” “supply and demand failure,” “urbanisation, mobility, and decay,” “ideological discredit,” “triumph of (hard and social) science,” “consumer sovereignty and materialism,” “feminisation,” “the post-secular,” and “cataclysms and golden ages.” It shows how these narratives shaped the response of the pro-secular and defenders of Christian belief, as well as those who problematised the very relationship between the religious and the secular.

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相信世俗化——衰落、潜力和复兴的故事

本文借鉴了作者在英国文化中的基督教理想：二十世纪信仰的故事中开创的方法论。这强调了叙事能力影响和塑造对世界的世俗和宗教反应以及英国基督教信仰的重要性。世俗化叙事及其在 20 世纪的影响是本文的主要关注点。有些人，比如杰弗里考克斯，已经暗示世俗化似乎是一个“故事”。除此之外，作者最近工作的结论表明，该理论融入了一系列清晰的叙述——意图、议程和信息。这些有一系列讲故事的人/观众，最后，经常带有潜在的说教警告调色板。这篇文章揭示了“祛魅”、“供需失败”、“城市化、流动性和衰败”、“意识形态失信”、“（硬科学和社会）科学的胜利”、“消费者主权和唯物主义”、“女性化”、“后世俗”和“大灾难和黄金时代”。它展示了这些叙述如何塑造了基督教信仰的亲世俗和捍卫者以及那些质疑宗教与世俗之间关系的人的反应。