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Religion and the social order
Av David G. Bromley, Lewis F. Carter
Inbunden, 1996
1186 kr
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The study of the basis of "authenticity" of any religious tradition is one which has been seemingly neglected by secular, western scholars. Those beliefs and practices deemed "sacred" are assumed to have authenticity, at least by the adherents of the tradition. Also, to many who are not adherents …
Leaving Religion and Religious Life: Patterns and Dynamics
Patterns and Dynamics
Av Mordechai Bar-Lev, William Shaffir
Inbunden, 1998
1326 kr
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The internationally renowned group of contributors to this volume focus on the patterns and processes connected with leaving religion. The papers range from theoretical analyses of the dynamics underlying religious exiting to case studies examining specific instances of distancing from and …
Religion on the Internet
Research Prospects and Promises
Av David G. Bromley, Douglas E. Cowan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1607 kr
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"Religion on the Internet" is the first systematic inquiry into the nature, scope and content of religion in cyberspace. Contributors to this volume include leading social scientists engaged in systematic studies of how organizations and individuals are presenting religion on the Internet. Their …
Toward Reflexive Ethnography
Participating, Observing, Narrating
Av D. Bromley, Lewis F. Carter
Inbunden, 2001
1452 kr
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Religion and the Social Order
Defining Religion
Investigating the Boundaries between the Sacred and Secular
Av Arthur L. Greil, D. Bromley
Inbunden, 2003
1884 kr
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The debate over the proper definition of "religion" has occupied the attention of social scientists for many years without shedding much light on the nature of religion. One reason for this lack of progress is that most participants in the debate have accepted a naturalistic conception of religion. …
Handbook on Cults and Sects in America
Av David G. Bromley, Jeffrey K. Hadden
Inbunden, 1993
1555 kr
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Religion and the Social Order
Handbook on Cults and Sects in America
Av David G. Bromley, Jeffrey K. Hadden
Inbunden, 1993
1555 kr
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Religion and the Social Order
Sex, Lies, and Sanctity
Religion and Deviance in Contemporary North America
Av Mary Jo Neitz, Marion S. Goldman
Inbunden, 1995
1521 kr
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This volume argues that deviance is a central process in contemporary American religion. It explores ways in which definitions of deviance are negotiated between religious groups and the surrounding culture.
On the Road to Being There
Studies in Pilgrimage and Tourism in Late Modernity
Häftad, 2006
2114 kr
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This volume consists of a collection of twelve empirical studies that address theoretical and practical issues relating to pilgrimage and tourism activities in late modernity. As a contribution to the Religion and Social Order series sponsored by the Association for the Sociology of Religion, these …
American Sociology of Religion
Histories
Av Anthony Blasi, Anthony Blasi
Häftad, 2007
2479 kr
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This is a collection of histories of various aspects of American sociology of religion. The contributions range from descriptions of early dissertations, accounts of changes in theoretical conceptualization, the evolution of studies of particular denominations, to the rise of new areas of inquiry …
Vocation and Social Context
Av Giuseppe Giordan, Giuseppe Giordan
Häftad, 2007
2123 kr
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The category of Beruf has intrigued sociology since Max Weber made it a fundamental element in understanding the relationship between the individual and society. The richness of the concept can be found in the simultaneous polarity and interpenetration between the subject’s personal profession and …
Religion and Diversity in Canada
Inbunden, 2008
2218 kr
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Canada officially prides itself on being a multicultural nation, welcoming people from all around the world, and enshrining that status in its Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as in an array of laws and policies that aim to protect citizens from discrimination on various grounds, including …
Conversion in the Age of Pluralism
Inbunden, 2009
2855 kr
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The theme of conversion constitutes a privileged point to study the framework linking an individual to the sociocultural contexts in which he or she is included. Changes in personal biographies and sociocultural change are interwoven when we speak of conversion: values, speech, norms, behaviors, …
Religion Crossing Boundaries
Transnational Religious and Social Dynamics in Africa and the New African Diaspora
Inbunden, 2010
2518 kr
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Across the past twenty years major change has taken place in the structure of global society with respect to the nature of migration. The predominant pattern since at least the eighteenth century had been for peoples to move to and settle in Western countries permanently, with relatively little …
History, Time, Meaning, and Memory
Ideas for the Sociology of Religion
Inbunden, 2011
2518 kr
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It can be said that history is poor sociology that does not account sufficiently for present social circumstances, while sociology is bad history in that it does not go back in time. This volume in the Religion and Social Order series sets out to address these conjoint problems of history and …
How Prophecy Lives
Av Diana Tumminia, William H. Swatos
Inbunden, 2011
2114 kr
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Taking its inspiration from the 50th anniversary of the publication of Festinger et al.'s 1956 seminal and controversial volume When Prophecy Fails, which introduced the notion of "cognitive dissonance" as an explanation for how a small group of flying saucer devotees handled the failure of a …
Testing Pluralism
Globalizing Belief, Localizing Gods
Inbunden, 2013
2257 kr
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This volume of the Religion and the Social Order series examines the phenomenon of the globalization of religions that has particularly characterized the last fifty years. Historically, religions were relatively tightly connected with territoriality. The advent of relatively inexpensive and …
Shades of Gray in the Changing Religious Markets of China
Inbunden, 2021
3216 kr
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This volume is a collection of studies of various religious groups in the changing religious markets of China: registered Christian congregations, unregistered house churches, Daoist masters, and folk-religious temples. The contributing authors are emerging Chinese scholars who apply and respond to …
Portrayals of Pope Francis's Authority in the Digital Age
Flicks and Media Discourses, and User Perspectives
Av Damian Guzek
Inbunden, 2024
1886 kr
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In a decade, Francis has transformed Catholicism into a dynamic institution that openly deliberates on urgent questions of society and religion, standing at the forefront of digitally driven public opinion. With this in mind, Portrayals of Pope Francis’s Authority in the Digital Age: Flicks and …
Christianity and Sexuality in a Secular Age
Inbunden, 2025
2061 kr
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From the mid-twentieth century controversies within Christianity addressed matters of sexual diversity - same-sex marriage, sexual rights, and the place of sexual minorities within the churches. Several decades further on this volume reflects on principal developments, exposing from a sociological …
Becoming a Muslim in Japan
The Journey of Faith and Identity
Inbunden, 2026
1974 kr
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What draws someone to Islam in a country where few people even know a Muslim? In Becoming a Muslim in Japan, you meet 62 Japanese converts whose journeys defy common assumptions. Their stories are not about crisis, but curiosity. They speak of unexpected encounters, moments of reflection, or quiet …
Toward a Sociological Theory of Religion and Health
Inbunden, 2011
2593 kr
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Driven by funding agencies, empirical research in the social scientific study of health and medicine has grown in quantity and developed in quality. When it became evident, in what is now a tradition of inquiry, that people’s religious activities had significant health consequences, a portion of …
