| Religion in Western Society 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Hunt, Stephen J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333945921 ISBN-13: 9780333945926 Publisher: Red Globe Press OUR PRICE: $57.37 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: This book offers a comprehensive account of religion in Western societies, focusing particularly on Western Europe and North America but taking in developments elsewhere around the globe as appropriate. Offering a guide to the principal forms of religion in the West-- whether mainstream religion, sects or cults, popular superstition, or religious fundamentalism-- it calls upon both empirical work and theoretical debates to examine beliefs, practices, patterns of organization, and significant trends. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - History | Civilization - Religion | Christian Theology - General |
| Dewey: 306.609 |
| LCCN: 2001036530 |
| Series: Sociology for a Changing World |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.08" W x 8.38" (0.70 lbs) 235 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers a comprehensive account of religion in Western societies, focusing particularly on Western Europe and North America but taking in developments elsewhere around the globe as appropriate. Offering a guide to the principal forms of religion in the West-whether mainstream religion, sects or cults, popular superstition, or religious fundamentalism-it calls upon both empirical work and theoretical debates to examine beliefs, practices, patterns of organization, and significant trends. |