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What Americans Really Believe
Rodney Stark
其他書名
New Findings from the Baylor Surveys of Religion
出版Baylor University Press, 2008
主題History / United States / GeneralReligion / GeneralReligion / Christian Living / GeneralReligion / HistoryReligion / SpiritualityReligion / Psychology of ReligionSocial Science / ReferenceSocial Science / Sociology of Religion
ISBN16025817899781602581784
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=sKvXAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Introduction : the stability and diversity of American faith -- pt. I: Congregations. Church-going : labels matter -- Church growth : competing for members -- Strict churches : the reasons for their popularity -- The "scattered" church : traditional congregations are not going away -- Megachurches : supersizing the faith -- pt. II: Beliefs and practices. Religious experiences : God told me to go to church -- Gender : women believe more, pray more -- Heaven : we are all going -- God : love, anger, and commitment -- Evil : Did sin cause the hurricane? -- Spirituality : religion and spirituality are not mutually exclusive -- Giving : the rich, the poor, and the widow's mite -- Personality : Are we hardwired for God? -- pt. III: Atheism and irreligion. Atheism : the godless revolution that never happened -- Credulity : Who believes in Bigfoot? -- New Age adherents : well-educated, formerly irreligious elites -- The irreligious : simply unchurched, not atheists -- pt. IV: The public square. Faith and politics : Is there a secret plot of evangelicals to take over the American government? -- Merry Christmas, Jesus : it's okay to put sacred symbols in public space -- Incivility : talking about faith in public -- Religious-media consumption : the Da Vinci code effect -- Civil participation : faith as social capital -- Going to college, getting a job : what happens when mom and dad take their kids to church -- Epilogue : Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) at Baylor.