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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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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: H Gooren, H. Gooren, Henri Gooren
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 18.02.2016
• EAN: 9781349289110
• ISBN: 978-1-349-28911-0
• Pages: 195
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Général, dictionnaires; 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