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Author : Monica Wilson
Release : 1971-07-02
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 914/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Religion and the Transformation of Society by : Monica Wilson
Download or read book Religion and the Transformation of Society written by Monica Wilson. This book was released on 1971-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Wilson examines the changes isolated communities undergo when they come into contact with the outside world.
Author : Alan Wolfe
Release : 2005-04
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 187/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Transformation of American Religion by : Alan Wolfe
Download or read book The Transformation of American Religion written by Alan Wolfe. This book was released on 2005-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this astounding account, a leading sociologist demonstrates that religion in America has become so tamed and softened that it hardly serves any of its original functions.
Author : Muzhou Pu
Release : 2017
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 358/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Old Society, New Belief by : Muzhou Pu
Download or read book Old Society, New Belief written by Muzhou Pu. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first century of the Common Era, two new belief systems entered long-established cultures with radically different outlooks and values: missionaries started to spread the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth in Rome and the Buddha in China. Rome and China were not only ancient cultures, but also cultures whose elites felt no need to receive the new beliefs. Yet a few centuries later the two new faiths had become so well-established that their names were virtually synonymous with the polities they had entered as strangers. Although there have been numerous studies addressing this phenomenon in each field, the difficulty of mastering the languages and literature of these two great cultures has prevented any sustained effort to compare the two influential religious traditions at their initial period of development. This book brings together specialists in the history and religion of Rome and China with a twofold aim. First, it aims to show in some detail the similarities and differences each religion encountered in the process of merging into a new cultural environment. Second, by juxtaposing the familiar with the foreign, it also aims to capture aspects of this process that could otherwise be overlooked. This approach is based on the general proposition that, when a new religious belief begins to make contact with a society that has already had long honored beliefs, certain areas of contention will inevitably ensue and changes on both sides have to take place. There will be a dynamic interchange between the old and the new, not only on the narrowly defined level of "belief," but also on the entire cultural body that nurtures these beliefs. Thus, this book aims to reassess the nature of each of these religions, not as unique cultural phenomena but as part of the whole cultural dynamics of human societies.
Author : Harvie Ferguson
Release : 2010-12
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 392/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Religious Transformation in Western Society (Routledge Revivals) by : Harvie Ferguson
Download or read book Religious Transformation in Western Society (Routledge Revivals) written by Harvie Ferguson. This book was released on 2010-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1992, this remarkable book challenges many of the assumptions governing the Sociology of Religion and the Sociology of Culture by arguing that Western religion is neither science nor morality - it is the promise of happiness. Learned and incisive, it will be essential reading for students of religion, culture and anyone interested in the character of Modernity.
Author : Gerhard Falk
Release : 2018-12-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 475/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Religion and Social Change by : Gerhard Falk
Download or read book Religion and Social Change written by Gerhard Falk. This book was released on 2018-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite America's famous "separation of Church and State," religion obviously holds an enormous influence on nearly all aspects of society. Prof. Falk looks at major traditional religious groupings in the US and discusses how they influence the family, education, government, the economy, philanthropy, violence, music, and the media. Western society is becoming less religious, more secular, every day, as science answers some of the profound questions that inspired a belief in the supernatural. But society requires more than the laws of physics to hold it together, of course, and so far religion is the institution that has provided the most clear-cut moral guidelines, even for non-believers. Religion has also inspired many of our greatest artistic endeavors. But reliogion can also be used for crass commercial intersts or worse, to divide people and fuel violence. Drawing parallels and contrasts between Catholicism, mainline Protestantism, and Judaism, Dr. Falk talks about history and philosophy, political campaigns, social movements, popular music, literature and life. He shows how religious traditions influence us and how they impact politics, social stratification and even the military.
