Religious Conversion and Disaffiliation Tracing Patterns of Change in Faith Practices

Informationen zum Autor HENRI GOOREN is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Oakland University, USA. Klappentext This book is the first in over a decade to attempt a systematic synthesis of the field of conversion studies, encompassing the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, and theology. Gooren analyzes conversion and disaffiliation in a worldwide comparative framework, using data from North America, Europe, and Latin America. Zusammenfassung This book is the first in over a decade to attempt a systematic synthesis of the field of conversion studies! encompassing the disciplines of anthropology! sociology! psychology! history! and theology. Gooren analyzes conversion and disaffiliation in a worldwide comparative framework! using data from North America! Europe! and Latin America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Appeal of Conversion Approaches to Conversion The Conversion Career Conversion and the Religious Market Stories of Conversion and Disaffiliation Conversion Careers in Latin America

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Henri Gooren, H Gooren, Gooren Henri, H. Gooren
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprachen: Englisch
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.10.2010
• Thema: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Sonstiges; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Allgemeines, Lexika
• EAN: 9780230104532
• ISBN: 978-0-230-10453-2
• Anzahl Seiten: 195
• Themen: Soziologie, B, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Soziale und politische Philosophie, Sociology of Religion, Psychology, comparative religion, Political Philosophy, Religion: general, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Religious issues & debates, Social Philosophy, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Religion and sociology, Religions, Religion and Society, Religion and Psychology, Psychology and religion, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality