Sociology of Religion : A Rodney Stark Reader /

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Authoritative reader compiling the best scholarship from acclaimed sociologist Rodney Stark, with an introduction by Rodney Stark.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stark, Rodney
Otros Autores: Wei, Dedong, 1965-, Zhong, Zhifeng, 1982-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waco : Baylor University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Religion and sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Sociologie religieuse.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title page, Title Page, Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction: On Becoming and Being a Scholar
  • Section I. Theory and Methodology
  • 1. A Taxonomy of Religious Experience
  • 2. A Theory of Revelations
  • 3. Micro Foundations of Religion: A Revised Theory
  • 4. Religious Effects: In Praise of "Idealistic Humbug"
  • 5. Putting an End to Ancestor Worship
  • 6. Discovering Data on Religion
  • Section II. Secularization
  • 7. Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation
  • 8. Secularization, Revival, and Experimentation
  • 9. A Supply-Side Reinterpretation of the "Secularization" of Europe
  • 10. Secularization, R.I.P.
  • Section III. Religion and Society
  • 11. Religion and Conformity: Reaffirming a Sociology of Religion
  • 12. Religion and the Moral Order: An Introduction
  • 13. Physiology and Faith: Addressing the "Universal" Gender Difference in Religious Commitment
  • 14. Upper Class Asceticism: Social Origins of Ascetic Movements and Medieval Saints
  • 15. Conversion to Latin American Protestantism and the Case for Religious Motivation
  • Section IV. Religious Movement
  • 16. Church and Sect
  • 17. Cult Formation: Three Compatible Models
  • 18. Networks of Faith: Interpersonal Bonds and Recruitment to Cults and Sects
  • 19. Rebellion, Repressive Regimes, and Religious Movements
  • 20. Why Religious Movements Succeed or Fail: A Revised General Model
  • Section V. Social Theory and History
  • 21. Why "Mainline" Denominations Decline
  • 22. One True God" An Introduction
  • 23. Extracting Social Scientific Models from Mormon History
  • 24. God, Ritual, and Social Science
  • 25. Cities of God: An Introduction
  • 26. Revelation, Cultural Evolution, and Discovering God
  • 27. God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades
  • 28. The Triumph of Christianity
  • Notes
  • References.

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