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List of contents
Preface
Secularization, Globalization, and Social ActionFundamentalism and Globalization: Fundamentalist Movements at the Twilight of the Twentieth Century by Bronislaw Misztal and Anson Shupe
Secularization and Religious Modernity in Western Europe by Daniele Hervieu-Leger
Open Society, Social Action and the Prospects of Social Mobilization in the Twenty-First Century by Bronislaw Misztal
The Rationality Debate in Religiosity: Implications for the Future of Western ChristianityForward to the Past: Predictions for the Future of American Religion by Ralph Pyle and Roger Finke
The Market Paradigm and the Future of Religious Organizations by Eric Mazur and Phillip E. Hammond
Prophetic Expressions and Religious Social ActionThe Brazilian Catholic Church and Land Conflicts in the Amazon by Madeleine Cousineau
Islam and Social Movements in Asia: The Case of Malaysia by Sushil K. Usman
The Changing Role of Religion and Social Action Groups in Japanese Society by Mark R. Mullins
Religion and Moral Values in Russia: Transition to the Post-Communist Era by Tony Carnes and Samuel Kliger
The Social Control of Political Violence: The Prophetic Role of Churches in Northern Ireland by Ronald J. McAllister
The Impact of Dominant Versus Minority Status on Religious Conversion Processes: Comparisons of Jews "Returning" to Traditional Judaism in Israel, the USA, and the USSR by M. Herbert Danzger
The New Christian Right in the Twenty-First Century by Matthew C. Moen
Frame Alignment and Strategic Evolution in Social Movements: The Case of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church by Anson Shupe
Confessions, Outings, and Ordeals: Understanding Media in America by John Simpson
References
Index
About the author
Anson Shupe is a coauthor of Televangelism: Power and Politics on God’s Frontier, The New Vigilantes, and The Mormon CorporateEmpire. He is also Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University.
ANSON SHUPE is a Professor of Sociology at the joint campus of Indiana State University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, IN.Shupe is the author of numerous books and articles on family violence, religious movements and issues, and criminology/deviance as applied to religion.
