Emotion, Ritual, and the Individual: The Production of Community in Evangelicalism*

This paper asks about the production of religious community in modern society: How can the success of a strict Evangelical community in a secularized environment be explained? To find an answer to this question, an approach to emotion based on Randall Collins’ interaction ritual chain theory is appl...

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Main Author: Walthert, Rafael 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2013, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 90-119
Further subjects:B Community emotion Evangelicalism interaction ritual sociology of religion
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