Social Ecology of Religion

Name: Social Ecology of Religion
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ISBN: 9780195069730

ISBN-10: 0195069730

ISBN-13: 9780195069730

Edition: 2nd 1995

Authors: Vernon Reynolds, Ralph Tanner

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What effect does the Islamic attitude toward abortion have upon the family size and growth of Muslim populations? How do the Sukuma people of Tanzania react to the birth of an abnormal child, and why do their reactions differ so radically from those of Roman Catholics in Pennsylvania? Why were one sixth of all brides in English rural parishes between the late sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries pregnant at marriage, and what does this tell us about Christian practices during that period?No society exists in which religion does not play a significant part in the lives of ordinary people. Yet the functions of the world's diverse religions for human beings have never been fully described…

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List price: $49.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/30/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.50" long x 1.12" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




Introductiona



Why Religions?



Prior Approaches to the Study of Religiona



The Challenge of Modernity



Religions and the Life Cyclea



Conception and Contraception



Infanticide and Abortion



Birth and Childhooda



Adolescence



Marriage



Divorce and Widowhooda



Middle and Old Age



Death



Religion and Disease



Faith and Sickness



Religions and the Enhanced Risk of Diseasea



Religions and the Reduced Risk of Disease



Conclusions