Marginality as a Societal Position of Religion
Inherent in religion is an ironic tension between a predisposition, developed in early life, to see ultimate reality as nurturing, and an adult shared doubt about the claims of this world. This feature of religion leads to its flourishing in marginality and stagnating in an established condition. Th...
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Oxford Univ. Press
2002
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2002, Volume: 63, Issue: 3, Pages: 267-289 |
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