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The Sociology of Religious Movements
William Sims Bainbridge
出版Psychology Press, 1997
主題Religion / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology of Religion
ISBN04159120249780415912020
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eCKbw8QuhEkC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.