| The Religion Factor Contributor(s): Green, William Scott (Editor), Neusner, Jacob (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0664256880 ISBN-13: 9780664256883 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $48.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1996 Annotation: In this companion to the best-selling World Religions in America: An Introduction, renowned contributors explore the importance of religion in the lives of people, communities, and nations. Their concern is not with particular doctrines within the various religious traditions, but with how real people live these traditions today and their impact on the larger social order. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | Biblical Studies - General - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 200 |
| LCCN: 96021466 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.04" W x 9.14" (0.99 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this companion to the best-selling World Religions in America: An Introduction, renowned contributors explore the importance of religion in the lives of people, communities, and nations. Their concern is not with particular doctrines within the various religious traditions, but with how real people live these traditions today and the impact this has on the larger social order. |
Contributor Bio(s): Green, William Scott: - William Scott Green is Professor Emeritus of Religion and Judaic Studies and Dean Emeritus of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.Neusner, Jacob: - Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism and Bard Center Fellow at the Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology in Annondale-on-Hudson, New York. He is the author of several books, including Judaism When Christianity Began, The Emergence of Judaism, and the popular textbook World Religions in America, all of which are available from WJK. |