The Sociology of Religious MovementsRoutledge, 24 déc. 2021 - 488 pages Explaining how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Satanism, New Age and democratization. The Sociology of Religious Movements is the culmination of work begun in The Future of Religion (the 1986 award winner of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion) and A Theory of Religion (1993 award winner of the Pacific Sociological Association). Explaining religious schism, innovation, and conversion to show how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as: Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Children of God, Satanism, New York City Mission Society, New Age, Asian imports, and democratization. |
Table des matières
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Tension with the SocioCultural Environment | 31 |
The Holiness Movement | 60 |
The Adventist Movement | 89 |
American Religious Communes | 119 |
THE DYNAMICS OF INNOVATION | 147 |
Cultural Diffusion | 149 |
The Family Children of God | 208 |
The Process Church of the Final Judgement | 241 |
Morality | 269 |
The New York City Mission Society | 300 |
Democratization Movements | 333 |
The New Age | 363 |
CONCLUSION | 384 |
The Perpetual System | 395 |
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