04127nam 2200997 a 450 991080717550332120230422050647.01-283-32074-697866133207420-520-92434-710.1525/9780520924345(CKB)2550000000065353(EBL)801359(OCoLC)761646209(SSID)ssj0000631644(PQKBManifestationID)11451871(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631644(PQKBWorkID)10599764(PQKB)11091924(MiAaPQ)EBC801359(DE-B1597)520158(OCoLC)761290536(DE-B1597)9780520924345(Au-PeEL)EBL801359(CaPaEBR)ebr10509989(CaONFJC)MIL332074(EXLCZ)99255000000006535319991202d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActs of faith[electronic resource] explaining the human side of religion /Rodney Stark and Roger FinkeBerkeley University of California Pressc20001 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22202-4 0-520-22201-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-324) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Atheism, Faith, and the Social Scientific Study of Religion -- 1. A New Look at Old Issues -- 2. Rationality and the "Religious Mind" -- 3. Secularization, R.I.P. -- 4. The Micro Foundations of Religion -- 5. Religious Choices: Conversion and Reaffiliation -- 6. Religious Group Dynamics -- 7. Catholic Religious Vocations: Decline and Revival -- 8. A Theoretical Model of Religious Economies -- 9. Religious Competition and Commitment: An International Assessment -- 10. Church-to-Sect Movements -- APPENDIX: Propositions and Definitions -- Notes -- References -- IndexFinally, 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 and then to the religious workings of entire societies as religious groups contend for support. The result is a comprehensive new paradigm for the social-scientific study of religion.Religion and sociologyacademic.agnosticism.anthropology.atheism.belief.catholicism.christian.ethics.faith.human nature.ideology.modern religion.modern world.morals.mormonism.orthodoxy.philosophy.religion.religious groups.religious leaders.religious sects.religious studies.research.scholarly.science.secular.social science.social scientists.social studies.sociology.supernatural.world religion.Religion and sociology.306.6Stark Rodney127194Finke Roger1954-503134MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807175503321Acts of faith714008UNINA