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A01=Rodney Stark
A01=William Sims Bainbridge
Author_Rodney Stark
Author_William Sims Bainbridge
case studies
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census information
church revival
comparative religions
contemporary religion
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ethnographers
ethnography
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religious denominations
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surveys
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520057319
- Weight: 862g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jan 1986
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Religion is alive and well in the modern world, and the social-scientific study of religion is undergoing a renaissance. For much of this century, respected social theorists predicted the death of religion as inevitable consequence of science, education, and modern economics. But they were wrong. Stark and Bainbridge set out to explain the survival of religion. Using information derived from numerous surveys, censuses, historical case studies, and ethnographic field expeditions, they chart the full sweep of contemporary religion from the traditional denominations to the most fervent cults. This wealth of information is located within a coherent theoretical framework that examines religion as a social response to human needs, both the general needs shared by all and the desires specific to those who are denied the economic rewards or prestige enjoyed by the privileged. By explaining the forms taken by religions today, Stark and Bainbridge allow us to understand its persistence in a secular age and its prospects for the future.
Rodney Stark is one of the leading authorities on the sociology of religion. Stark has authored more than 150 scholarly articles and 32 books in 17 different languages, including several widely used sociology textbooks and best-selling titles. William Sims Bainbridge earned his doctorate in sociology from Harvard University in 1975. Altogether he has published about 300 articles and written or edited 40 books in a variety of scientific fields.
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