Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion - Softcover

Stark, Rodney; Finke, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520222024 ISBN 13: 9780520222021

Verlag: University of California Press, 2000

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Book by Stark Rodney Finke Roger

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A "crucial exposition in an increasingly combative dispute about method in the sociology of religion."--"Times Literary Supplement

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Finally, social scientists have begun to attempt to understand religious behavior rather than to discredit it as irrational, ignorant, or foolish--and Rodney Stark and Roger Finke have played a major role in this new approach. Acknowledging that science cannot assess the supernatural side of religion (and therefore should not claim to do so), Stark and Finke analyze the observable, human side of faith. In clear and engaging prose, the authors combine explicit theorizing with animated discussions as they move from considering the religiousness of individuals to the dynamics of religious groups and then to the religious workings of entire societies as religious groups contend for support. The result is a comprehensive new paradigm for the social-scientific study of religion.

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0520222024
• ISBN 13: 9780520222021
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 343