Sociology of Religion

A Rodney Stark Reader

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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For the last five decades, Rodney Stark has been one of sociology's most prolific and important scholars of religion. The theoretical depth, the scientific rigor, and the clarity of style manifested in Stark's oeuvre—over 30 books and 140 articles—have made his work the standard texts. Stark's research career encompasses a wide spectrum of the necessary topics in sociology of religion. He has applied groundbreaking theory and method to issues of secularization, religion and society, religious movements, social theory, and the history of religion.Sociology of Religion: A Rodney Stark Reader mirrors Stark's influential career by highlighting these very topics. In this anthology, Stark's significant articles are not only, for the first time, collected together but also clearly organized according to the thematic trajectory of Stark's carefully developed theory of religion. This volume is the essential reader for any scholar, teacher, or student encountering the work of one of this century's most compelling sociologists.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-08-15
Mått147 x 226 x 40 mm
Vikt885 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor648
FörlagBaylor University Press
MedarbetarePaul Froese
ISBN9781602589728

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
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Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Rodney Stark (Ph.D. University of California, Berkley) University Professor of Social Sciences at Baylor University. Co-Director of the Institute of Studies of Religion, Stark is also widely published. His most recent publications include Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief (2007), Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome (2006), and The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success (2005).

IntroductionSection I: THEORY AND METHODOLOGY1. A Taxonomy of Religious Experience2. A Theory of Revelations3. Micro Foundations of Religion4. Religious Effects5. Putting an End to Ancestor Worship6. Discovering Data on ReligionSection II: SECULARIZATION7. Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation8. Secularization, Revival, and Experimentation9. A Supply-Side Reinterpretation of the "Secularization" of Europe10. Secularization, R.I.P.Section III: RELIGION AND SOCIETY11. Religion and Conformity12. Religion and the Moral Order13. Physiology and Faith14. Upper Class Asceticism15. Conversion to Latin American Protestantism and the Case for Religious MotivationSection IV: RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT16. Church and Sect17. Cult Formation18. Networks of Faith19. Rebellion, Repressive Regimes, and Religious Movements20. Why Religious Movements Succeed or FailSection V: SOCIAL THEORY AND HISTORY21. Why "Mainline" Denominations Decline22. One True God23. Extracting Social Scientific Models from Mormon History24. God, Ritual, and Social Science25. Cities of God26. Revelation, Cultural Evolution, and Discovering God27. God's Battalions28. The Triumph of Christianity