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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1. VerfasserIn: Bainbridge, William Sims 1940- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: New York, NY [u.a.] Routledge 1997
In:Jahr: 1997
Rezensionen:The Sociology of Religious Movements. William Sims Bainbridge (1998) (Christiano, Kevin J.)
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B USA / Religiöse Bewegung / Soziologie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Christian Sociology
B Religion and sociology
B United States Religion
B United States Religion 20th century
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Literaturverz. S. [423] - 463
ISBN:0415912024