ISBN:
9780520222014
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (352 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Hunt, Stephen Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion. Rodney Stark , Roger Finke 2003
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Swatos, William H. Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion, by Rodney Stark and Roger Finke. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000, 343 pp.; 48.00 (cloth), 18.95 (paper) 2002
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Bankston, Carl L. The Elementary Firms of Religion 2001
Parallel Title:
Print version Acts of Faith : Explaining the Human Side of Religion
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Religion and sociology
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Finally, social scientists have begun to attempt to understand religious behavior rather than to discredit it as irrational, ignorant, or foolish-and Rodney Stark and Roger Finke have played a major role in this new approach. Acknowledging that science cannot assess the supernatural side of religion (and therefore should not claim to do so), Stark and Finke analyze the observable, human side of faith. In clear and engaging prose, the authors combine explicit theorizing with animated discussions as they move from considering the religiousness of individuals to the dynamics of religious groups a
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Introduction: Atheism, Faith, and the Social Scientific Study of Religion; PART ONE Paradigms in Conflict; 1. A New Look at Old Issues; 2. Rationality and the "Religious Mind"; 3. Secularization, R.I.P.; PART TWO The Religious Individual; 4. The Micro Foundations of Religion; 5. Religious Choices; PART THREE The Religious Group; 6. Religious Group Dynamics; 7. Catholic Religious Vocations; PART FOUR The Religious Economy; 8. A Theoretical Model of Religious Economies; 9. Religious Competition and Commitment; 10. Church-to-Sect Movements
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix: Propositions and DefinitionsNotes; References; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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