Acts of Faith Explaining the Human Side of Religion

Name: Acts of Faith Explaining the Human Side of Religion
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ISBN: 9780520222021

ISBN-10: 0520222024

ISBN-13: 9780520222021

Edition: 2001

Authors: Rodney Stark, Roger Finke

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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…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 343
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction: Atheism, Faith, and the Social Scientific Study of Religion



Paradigms in Conflict



A New Look at Old Issues



Rationality and the "Religious Mind"



Secularization, R.I.P.



The Religious Individual



The Micro Foundations of Religion



Religious Choices: Conversion and Reaffiliation



The Religious Group



Religious Group Dynamics



Catholic Religious Vocations: Decline and Revival



The Religious Economy



A Theoretical Model of Religious Economies



Religious Competition and Commitment: An International Assessment



Church-to-Sect Movements


Appendix: Propositions and Definitions


Notes


References


Index