The Sociology of Religious Movements - Softcover

Bainbridge, William Sims

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415912024 ISBN 13: 9780415912020

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

Explaining how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Satanism, New Age and democratization. The Sociology of Religious Movements is the culmination of work begun in The Future of Religion (the 1986 award winner of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion) and A Theory of Religion (1993 award winner of the Pacific Sociological Association). Explaining religious schism, innovation, and conversion to show how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as: Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Children of God, Satanism, New York City Mission Society, New Age, Asian imports, and democratization.

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Review:

"I have already decided to assign this book as a text for my course in sociology of religion this year. This indicates my esteem for this study. I will assign it because of its focus on religious movements as a species of social movements rather than on religion as collective episode, institution or collectivity."
-"Anglican Theological Review

Synopsis:

As denominations that have become too wordly are replaced by more spiritually rich denominations, there is a growth in religious revivals and innovations like televangelism and megachurches. Explaining religious schism, innovation, and conversion to show how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Children of God, Satanism, New York City Mission Society, New Age, Asian imports, and democratization. It is the culmination of work that started in "The Future of Religion" and "A Theory of Religion".

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0415912024
• ISBN 13: 9780415912020
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 482