The sociology of religious movements

Explaining how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Satanism, New Age and democratization. The Sociology of Religious Movements is the culmination of work begun in The Future of Religion (the 1986 award winner of the...

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Autore principale: Bainbridge, William Sims 1940- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: New York, NY [u.a.] Routledge 1997
In:Anno: 1997
Recensioni:The Sociology of Religious Movements. William Sims Bainbridge (1998) (Christiano, Kevin J.)
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B USA / Movimento religioso / Sociologia
Altre parole chiave:B Christian Sociology
B Religion and sociology
B United States Religione 20th century
B United States Religione
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Riepilogo:Explaining how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Satanism, New Age and democratization. The Sociology of Religious Movements is the culmination of work begun in The Future of Religion (the 1986 award winner of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion) and A Theory of Religion (1993 award winner of the Pacific Sociological Association). Explaining religious schism, innovation, and conversion to show how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as: Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Children of God, Satanism, New York City Mission Society, New Age, Asian imports, and democratization.
Descrizione del documento:Literaturverz. S. [423] - 463
ISBN:0415912024