The sociology of religious movements

Author:William Sims Bainbridge

Summary: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.

Print Book, English, 1997

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Publisher: Routledge, New York, 1997

Physical Description:474 p. il. 23 cm

ISBN:

9780415912013, 9780415912020, 0415912016, 0415912024

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:431883600

Subjects:

Cristianismo Sociología

Estados Unidos Religión Siglo XX

Religión Estados Unidos s. XX

Religión y sociología

Religión y sociología Estados Unidos

Religión y sociología Estados Unidos

Sociología de la religión

Contents:

1. The Religious Impulse The Dynamics Of Schism 2. Tension with the Socio-Cultural Environment 3. The Holiness Movement 4. Adventism 5. American Religious Communes The Dynamics Of Innovation 6. Cultural Diffusion 7. Asian Imports 8. The Family (Children of God) 9. The Process Church of the Final Judgement The Dynamics Of Transformation 10. Morality 11. The New York City Mission Society 12. Democratization Movements 13. The New Age Conclusion 14. The Perpetual System Tables.