| Description |
xi, 200 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
The new sociology series |
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New sociology series.
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| Contents |
Contemporary religion : changing definitions -- Postmodernist perspectives : the yet but not yet -- Rational choice theory and its discontents -- The context of everyday religion -- Demographic variables : continuity and change -- From 'church' to 'choice' : transformations in contemporary Christianity -- Faiths of certainty : fundamentalism and the religions of ethnic minorities -- The rise and fall of the new religious movements -- The New Age, self-spiritualities, and quasi-religions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology -- Western countries.
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| LC no. |
2005017949 |
| ISBN |
0415351545 paperback alkaline paper |
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0415351537 hardcover : cover alkaline paper |
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