SUNY series in Religion, Culture, and Society – serie
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Religious Resurgence and Politics in the Contemporary World
Häftad, 1990
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This book examines the highly politicized religious groups and movements that have surfaced since the late 1970s in the United States, Central America, South Africa, the Philippines, India, and the Middle East. Sahliyeh and others analyze this trend toward the politicization of religious …
Tocqueville's Civil Religion
American Christianity and the Prospects for Freedom
Häftad, 1994
463 kr
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Sanford Kessler offers a provocative and timely analysis of Alexis de Tocqueville's views on the relationship between Christianity and American democracy. These views are central to Tocqueville's discussions of the moral requirements of freedom and the tasks of democratic …
For God and Fatherland
Religion and Politics in Argentina
Häftad, 1996
543 kr
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This analysis of the crises in church-state relations in Argentina over the last 100 years shows that the constitutionally-established Catholic Church was progressively disenfranchised by various governments and responded by struggling to maintain the institution's historic rights and privileges …
Popular Religion and Liberation
The Dilemma of Liberation Theology
Inbunden, 1990
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Liberation theologians either argue for the liberating character of popular religion or they vilify it as alienating and otherworldly. This book takes a comprehensive and in- depth look at the issues, questions, and problems that emerge from the debate among liberation theologians in Latin America. …
World Order and Religion
Häftad, 1991
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This book looks at religion from a global perspective and examines how religion is shaped by the larger set of political and economic relationships that make up today's world. Focusing mainly on Western religion and on the changing role of the United States in world affairs, the authors show how …
Conscience First, Tradition Second
A Study of Young American Catholics
Inbunden, 1992
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For this study of American religion, the author surveyed over 2000 Catholic high school seniors during a fourteen-year period, exploring changes in religiosity and attitudes toward the recent teachings of the Church. Fifty-four of these people were resurveyed eight and nine years after graduation, …
Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World
Häftad, 1991
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This book develops a theoretical framework for understanding the popularity of religion in its particular social contexts. The author provides analyses of examples of "religious renaissance," such as the relation of the Catholic Church to Poland's Solidarity Movement, and the counterculture and …
Protestant Presence in Twentieth-Century America
Religion and Political Culture
Häftad, 1992
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Protestantism has undergone a shift in its relationship with American culture and politics. This book analyzes and evaluates that shift. The author shows how Protestantism began in America as a vibrant civil religion and how it developed so that, by the 1970s, its relationship with American culture …
Gender and Work
The Case of the Clergy
Häftad, 1993
401 kr
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In this book, Lehman compares the ministry styles of women and men focussing on clergy of Protestant Congregations (ministers, clerics, preachers, and parsons). He offers strong statistical support for the trend toward increasing numbers of women in clerical roles. His book is the first to make …
Tocqueville's Civil Religion
American Christianity and the Prospects for Freedom
Inbunden, 1994
1111 kr
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Sanford Kessler offers a provocative and timely analysis of Alexis de Tocqueville's views on the relationship between Christianity and American democracy. These views are central to Tocqueville's discussions of the moral requirements of freedom and the tasks of democratic …
Rise and Fall of Catholic Religious Orders
A Social Movement Perspective
Inbunden, 1994
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What happens when a centuries-old religious movement begins to disappear?In this sociological study, Patricia Wittberg, S.C. confronts one of the most consequential yet understudied transformations within modern Catholicism: the dramatic rise—and startling decline—of Catholic religious …
Rise and Fall of Catholic Religious Orders
A Social Movement Perspective
Häftad, 1994
437 kr
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What happens when a centuries-old religious movement begins to disappear?In this sociological study, Patricia Wittberg, S.C. confronts one of the most consequential yet understudied transformations within modern Catholicism: the dramatic rise—and startling decline—of Catholic religious …
Promised Land
Base Christian Communities and the Struggle for the Amazon
Av Madeleine Cousineau Adriance
Häftad, 1995
401 kr
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Examines the relationship between grassroots Catholic Church groups (base Christian communities) and the mobilization of peasant farmers in the fight for control of Amazon lands.Using information gathered from more than one hundred interviews with farmers, activists, and church people in northern …
Three Faces of God
Society, Religion, and the Categories of Totality in the Philosophy of Emile Durkheim
Häftad, 1998
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A fresh interpretation of the work of Emile Durkheim, which argues that in addition to being a pioneer in sociological theory and research, Durkheim was also a major social philosopher concerned with religion, metaphysics, and knowledge.Three Faces of God offers a new interpretation of Emile …
