Dynamics of Religious Organizations The Extravasation of the Sacred and Other Essays

Name: Dynamics of Religious Organizations The Extravasation of the Sacred and Other Essays
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ISBN: 9780198297628

ISBN-10: 0198297629

ISBN-13: 9780198297628

Edition: 2000

Authors: Phillip E. Hammond

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This book brings together some of the most acknowledged essays by Hammond written over the last decade and explores religious organizations, their internal dynamics, and their impact. The first half of the book examines issues such as: church membership; the formation of religious identity; the changing meaning religious organizations have in the mind of persons returning to church after 'dropping out' for a significant period; the orderly dynamics idertaken by small sects who, in growing, lower tension with social environments. The second half of the book examines the consequences of these internal dynamics including world system theory, the church and its impact on voting behaviours, the…

Book details

List price: $225.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/19/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 214
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.53" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English




Internal Dynamics


The Extravasation of the Sacred and the Crisis in Liberal Protestantism


Religion and the Persistence of Identity


When the Sacred returns


The Market Paradigm and the Future of Religious organizations


Cults and Sects in America


The Appeal of Buddhism n America


Tocqueville's Lesson from the New World for religion in the New Europe



External Influences


World Order and Mainline Religion


The Cultural Consequences of Cults


Religion and Ethnicity in Late Twentieth Century America


Religion and Family Values in Presidential Voting


Church, State and the Dilemma of Conscience