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Reimagining Denominationalism: Interpretive Essays
Contributor(s): Mullin, Robert Bruce (Author), Richey, Russell E. (Author)
ISBN: 0199767459     ISBN-13: 9780199767458
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE:   $36.09  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity - Denominations
- Social Science | Sociology Of Religion
- Religion | History
Dewey: 280.042
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.04 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Publisher Description:
Denominationalism--that ''free market'' mode of organizing religious life which, some say, manages to combine traditional religious claims with a free society in a peculiarly American way--is the subject of the previously unpublished papers in this collection. No institution, the editors
argue, is as crucial for the understanding of American religious life, yet so much in need of reassessment as the denomination. In a wide-ranging collection of articles, a distinguished set of commentators on American religion examine the denomination's past and present roles, its definable nature,
and its evolution over time. The study of denominations, the authors show, sheds light on broader understandings of American religious and cultural life. The contributors--scholars of the Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon, and African-American traditions--explore the state and history of
denominational studies in America, suggesting new models and approaches drawn from anthropology, sociology, theology, history, and history of religions. They offer provocative case studies that reimagine denominational studies.