Leaving the Adventist Ministry

Peter H Ballis

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• More than 180 pastors exited the Seventh-Day Adventist ministry in Australia and New Zealand between 1980 and 1988--a loss that is equivalent to 40 pe... Lees meer

Sects, Cults, and Spiritual Communities

Marc Petrowsky, William W. Zellner

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• American society is culturally diverse with a variety of religious denominations, sects, cults, and self-help groups vying for members. This volume an... Lees meer

Religion in a Changing World

Madeleine Cousineau

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• Twenty-eight scholars, many of them well known in the sociology of religion, examine a variety of faith traditions and sociological topics that illust... Lees meer

Modernization, Globalization, and Confucianism in Chinese Societies

Joseph B Tamney, Linda Hsueh-Ling Chiang

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• Confucianism has influenced Chinese societies for more than 2,000 years, and such influence is likely to continue in the future. However, during the p... Lees meer

The Power of Religious Publics

William Swatos, James Wellman

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• Currently, public religion is in a time of flux and the notion of the common good--once associated with the Protestant voice in America--is openly con... Lees meer

Liberation Theology in the Philippines

Kathleen M Nadeau

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• Liberation Theology in the Philippines: Faith in a Revolution studies the interrelationship of international development policies and local social and... Lees meer

The Politics of Religious Apostasy

David G. Bromley

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• The current controversy surrounding new religions has brought to the forefront the role of apostates. These individuals leave highly controversial mov... Lees meer

Proclaiming Political Pluralism

Isaac Phiri

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• As the population of Africa increasingly converts to Christianity, the church has stepped up its involvement in secular affairs revolving around the t... Lees meer

From Medieval Pilgrimage to Religious Tourism

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• Bringing together prominent scholars in the sociology of religion, this collection of essays offers a framework for understanding the transition from ... Lees meer

New Spirituality, Self, and Belonging

Jon P Bloch

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• Through in-depth interviews with 22 New Agers and Neo-Pagans, this study proposes a new model of religious identity from a sociological standpoint. Th... Lees meer

Religion, Mobilization, and Social Action

Bronislaw Misztal, Anson Shupe

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• Religious social action groups are emerging as key movers in sweeping sociopolitical changes world-wide. Although their inspiration is religious, thei... Lees meer

The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community

Amy B Siskind

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall community represents one of the most fascinating and troubling social phenomena in the history of psychoanalysis an... Lees meer

Smith's Friends

Lowell D Streiker

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• Lowell Streiker, a longtime expert on free church movements and cults, examines a vital and growing free church movement--an impressive movement that ... Lees meer

Holy Saints and Fiery Preachers

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• Based on empirical analysis, this ethnographic fieldwork and collection of original articles on contemporary Protestant religions in Mexico and Centra... Lees meer

Persistence and Change in the Protestant Establishment

Ralph E Pyle

• Hardcover | Engels | Religion in the Age of Transformation
• Here, sociologist Ralph Pyle investigates the extent to which a male-dominated, Ivy League educated Protestant establishment in the United States sinc... Lees meer