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200 10$aActs of faith$b[electronic resource] $eexplaining the human side of religion /$fRodney Stark and Roger Finke
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2000
215   $a1 online resource (352 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-520-22202-4 
311   $a0-520-22201-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-324) and index.
327   $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tIntroduction: Atheism, Faith, and the Social Scientific Study of Religion -- $t1. A New Look at Old Issues -- $t2. Rationality and the "Religious Mind" -- $t3. Secularization, R.I.P. -- $t4. The Micro Foundations of Religion -- $t5. Religious Choices: Conversion and Reaffiliation -- $t6. Religious Group Dynamics -- $t7. Catholic Religious Vocations: Decline and Revival -- $t8. A Theoretical Model of Religious Economies -- $t9. Religious Competition and Commitment: An International Assessment -- $t10. Church-to-Sect Movements -- $tAPPENDIX: Propositions and Definitions -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex
330   $aFinally, 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.
606   $aReligion and sociology
610   $aacademic.
610   $aagnosticism.
610   $aanthropology.
610   $aatheism.
610   $abelief.
610   $acatholicism.
610   $achristian.
610   $aethics.
610   $afaith.
610   $ahuman nature.
610   $aideology.
610   $amodern religion.
610   $amodern world.
610   $amorals.
610   $amormonism.
610   $aorthodoxy.
610   $aphilosophy.
610   $areligion.
610   $areligious groups.
610   $areligious leaders.
610   $areligious sects.
610   $areligious studies.
610   $aresearch.
610   $ascholarly.
610   $ascience.
610   $asecular.
610   $asocial science.
610   $asocial scientists.
610   $asocial studies.
610   $asociology.
610   $asupernatural.
610   $aworld religion.
615  0$aReligion and sociology.
676   $a306.6
700   $aStark$b Rodney$0127194
701   $aFinke$b Roger$f1954-$0503134
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