Religion in the Modern World From Cathedrals to Cults

Name: Religion in the Modern World From Cathedrals to Cults
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ISBN: 9780198781516

ISBN-10: 0198781512

ISBN-13: 9780198781516

Edition: 1996

Authors: Steve Bruce

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The people of the Middle Ages did what the Church told them God required. The sovereign consumers of the modern world `pick and mix' their own religions, Starting with the Reformation and ending with New Age spirituality, this book offers a comprehensive sociological description and explanation of the changes in the religious life of Western society that have accompanied modernization. This major new book from a leading sociologist of religion tracks the Church's changing role from monolith to Sect, to Denomination, and at the end of the twentieth century, to the Cult. What were the forces that brought about this change? What is the real role for the Church in the modern world? Professor…

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List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/8/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Peface


Acknowledgment



Introduction



The Foundations of Modernity



The Erosion of the Supernatural



Structuring Religion



Religion, Ethnicity, and Social Change



America and God



The New Religions of the 1970s



The New Age



Conclusions


Bibliography


Index