Religion in the Age of Transformation – serie
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Leaving the Adventist Ministry
A Study of the Process of Exiting
Inbunden, 1999
1063 kr
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More than 180 pastors exited the Seventh-Day Adventist ministry in Australia and New Zealand between 1980 and 1988—a loss that is equivalent to 40 percent of the total annual Adventist ministerial workforce in those two countries. This volume examines the processes whereby conservative and …
Politics of Religious Apostasy
The Role of Apostates in the Transformation of Religious Movements
Av David G. Bromley, David G. Bromley
Inbunden, 1998
1063 kr
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The current controversy surrounding new religions has brought to the forefront the role of apostates. These individuals leave highly controversial movements and assume roles in other organizations as public opponents against their former movements. This volume examines the motivations of the …
Holy Saints and Fiery Preachers
The Anthropology of Protestantism in Mexico and Central America
Av James W. Dow, Alan R. Sandstrom
Inbunden, 2001
1063 kr
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Based on empirical analysis, this ethnographic fieldwork and collection of original articles on contemporary Protestant religions in Mexico and Central America examines regions ranging from the Pacific coast in the north to Guatemala in the south. These new studies reveal that Protestantism was in …
Smith's Friends
A Religion Critic Meets a Free Church Movement
Inbunden, 1999
1063 kr
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Lowell Streiker, a longtime expert on free church movements and cults, examines a vital and growing free church movement—an impressive movement that is yet largely unknown. Founded in Norway more than 90 years ago, it is a church without membership rolls, clergy, central administration, tithing, or …
Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community
The Relationship of Radical Individualism and Authoritarianism
Inbunden, 2003
1095 kr
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The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall community represents one of the most fascinating and troubling social phenomena in the history of psychoanalysis and recent American intellectual history. In the only comprehensive study of the Sullivanian movement, Amy Siskind examines the historical and social …
Holy Saints and Fiery Preachers
The Anthropology of Protestantism in Mexico and Central America
Av James W. Dow, Alan R. Sandstrom
E-bok, 2001
1169 kr
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Based on empirical analysis, this ethnographic fieldwork and collection of original articles on contemporary Protestant religions in Mexico and Central America examines regions ranging from the Pacific coast in the north to Guatemala in the south. These new studies reveal that Protestantism was in …
Liberation Theology in the Philippines
Faith in a Revolution
E-bok, 2001
1169 kr
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Liberation Theology in the Philippines: Faith in a Revolution studies the interrelationship of international development policies and local social and economic structures in the Philippines. This ethnography demonstrates that the application of conventional development paradigms to the situation …
Proclaiming Political Pluralism
Churches and Political Transitions in Africa
Av Isaac Phiri
E-bok, 2001
1169 kr
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As the population of Africa increasingly converts to Christianity, the church has stepped up its involvement in secular affairs revolving around the transition to democracy in nations such as Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Comparative in approach, the author analyzes patterns of church-state …
Decent and in Order
Conflict, Christianity, and Polity in a Presbyterian Congregation
E-bok, 2000
1169 kr
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This is a systematic study of how a congregational conflict involving allegations of sexual harassment and power abuse against a minister was seriously mishandled by church authorities. The conflict escalated to entangle regional and national authorities and worked its way into the civil courts. …
Politics of Religious Apostasy
The Role of Apostates in the Transformation of Religious Movements
E-bok, 1998
1144 kr
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The current controversy surrounding new religions has brought to the forefront the role of apostates. These individuals leave highly controversial movements and assume roles in other organizations as public opponents against their former movements. This volume examines the motivations of the …
Power of Religious Publics
Staking Claims in American Society
Av William H. Swatos Jr., James K. Wellman
E-bok, 1999
1169 kr
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Currently, public religion is in a time of flux and the notion of the common good—once associated with the Protestant voice in America—is openly contested by new religious coalitions seeking to communicate their version of the truth and plant their stake in the public domain. This edited volume …
