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Acts of faith [[electronic resource] ] : explaining the human side of religion / / Rodney Stark and Roger Finke



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Autore: Stark Rodney Visualizza persona
Titolo: Acts of faith [[electronic resource] ] : explaining the human side of religion / / Rodney Stark and Roger Finke Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
Disciplina: 306.6
Soggetto topico: Religion and sociology
Soggetto non controllato: academic
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
Altri autori: FinkeRoger <1954->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-324) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Finally, 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Acts of faith  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-32074-6
9786613320742
0-520-92434-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781441203321
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