Social Forms of Religion - European and American Christianity in Past and Present

Social forms of religion - the ways in which individuals and groups coordinate religious practice - produce community at the same time as they enable individual religious experiences. A mix of group, organization, market exchange, network, event, and/or other forms characterizes different traditions. Shifts in dominant social forms within a religious tradition are catalysts and expressions of religious transformation alike. The contributions to the volume test this argument by presenting Catholic, Protestant, Charismatic/Pentecostal, Orthodox, and Mormon case studies from Europe and the Americas.

About the author

Maren Freudenberg, born in 1983, is a sociologist of religion at the Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. She obtained her PhD in sociology at Freie Universität Berlin, where she was a member of the Graduate School of North American Studies. Her research focuses on contemporary religion in the United States, global Charismatic Christianity, the connections between religion and the economy, and theoretical approaches in the sociology of religion.Astrid Reuter, born in 1968, is a professor for religious studies at Universität Münster and principal investigator at the Cluster of Excellence Religion & Politics. Her main research areas are the history and theory of religious studies, religion and law in Europe, Charismatic Catholicism and African religions in Latin America (with special focus on Brazil).

Summary

Social forms of religion – the ways in which individuals and groups coordinate religious practice – produce community at the same time as they enable individual religious experiences. A mix of group, organization, market exchange, network, event, and/or other forms characterizes different traditions. Shifts in dominant social forms within a religious tradition are catalysts and expressions of religious transformation alike. The contributions to the volume test this argument by presenting Catholic, Protestant, Charismatic/Pentecostal, Orthodox, and Mormon case studies from Europe and the Americas.

Product details

• Assisted by: Maren Freudenberg (Editor), Reuter (Editor), Astrid Reuter (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2024
• EAN: 9783837668261
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-6826-1
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 24 mm x 226 mm
• Weight: 529 g
• Illustrations: 5 Farbabb.
• Series: Religionswissenschaft
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Sozialtheorie, Religion, Theologie, Christentum, Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Ethnic Studies, Bevölkerung und Demographie, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Education, Sociology of Religion, Sociology, Religious Studies, Latin America, Globalization, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Europe, Cultural Studies, Social Relations, European History, Social Theory, Sociological Theory, Social Movements, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, Social interaction, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social Mobility, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, United States, Christianity, Social Sciences, History of Religion, Migration, immigration & emigration, auseinandersetzen, Social, group or collective psychology, Literary studies: general, Philosophy & theory of education, Social research & statistics, Religious Fundamentalism, Population & demography, Sociology and anthropology, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Culture and institutions, Factors affecting social behavior, Social processes, Groups of people, Political science (Politics and government), Germany and neighboring central European countries, Philosophy and theory of religion, American literature in English, Education, research, related topics of history, Social Forms