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

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• Authors: H Gooren, H. Gooren, Henri Gooren, Gooren Henri
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2010
• EAN: 9780230104532
• ISBN: 978-0-230-10453-2
• No. of pages: 195
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; 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