Religion in a changing world : comparative studies in sociology / edited by Madeleine Cousineau.

Contributor(s):

Cousineau, Madeleine

Material type:

TextSeries: Religion in the age of transformationPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.Description: xv, 235 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

0275960781 (alk. paper)
027596079X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.6 21

LOC classification:

BL 60 R382 1998

Contents:

Switching in American religion : denominations, markets, and paradigms? -- The "return" to traditional Judaism in the United States, Russia, and Israel : the impact of minority and majority status on religious conversion processes -- From West Africa to Brooklyn : Yoruba religion among African Americans -- Identity reconstruction and empowerment of south Asian immigrant women in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand -- Religious views of mainline Protestant baby boomers in the United States -- Gender and Jewish identity among twenty-somethings in the United States -- Canadian evangelical church women and responses to family violence -- The inverted norm : the formation and functioning of racially mixed Christian congregations in South Africa -- The variety of Hindu priests and assistants : a brief introduction -- Catholic deacons : a lesson in role conflict and ambiguity -- Attitudes to women's ordination in Protestant congregations in the United States, Britain, and Australia -- Latinos and Latinas in the Catholic church : cohesion and conflict -- Mission churches and church-sect theory : Seventh-day Adventists in Africa -- Russia's religious market : struggling with the heritage of Russian Orthodox monopoly -- The Raelians are coming! : the future of a UFO religion -- Religions and regimes in China -- Diversities and discontinuities in the Islamic response to modernity -- The sanctified church and the color line : reorganization, social change, and the African American religious experience -- Beating back the enemy : how Venezuelan Pentecostals think about social change -- Religion and social activism : the grassroots Catholic church in Brazil -- Pragmatism and its discontents : the evolution of the Christian right in the United States -- New religions in Australia : cultural diffusion in action -- The earth is sacred : ecological concerns in American Wicca.

Summary: In this text, scholars from the field of the sociology of religion examine a variety of faith traditions, countries and sociological topics that illustrate the connection between religion and society at the dawn of the 21st century

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	BL 60 R382 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00000067938

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Switching in American religion : denominations, markets, and paradigms? --
The "return" to traditional Judaism in the United States, Russia, and Israel : the impact of minority and majority status on religious conversion processes --
From West Africa to Brooklyn : Yoruba religion among African Americans --
Identity reconstruction and empowerment of south Asian immigrant women in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand --
Religious views of mainline Protestant baby boomers in the United States --
Gender and Jewish identity among twenty-somethings in the United States --
Canadian evangelical church women and responses to family violence --
The inverted norm : the formation and functioning of racially mixed Christian congregations in South Africa --
The variety of Hindu priests and assistants : a brief introduction --
Catholic deacons : a lesson in role conflict and ambiguity --
Attitudes to women's ordination in Protestant congregations in the United States, Britain, and Australia --
Latinos and Latinas in the Catholic church : cohesion and conflict --
Mission churches and church-sect theory : Seventh-day Adventists in Africa --
Russia's religious market : struggling with the heritage of Russian Orthodox monopoly --
The Raelians are coming! : the future of a UFO religion --
Religions and regimes in China --
Diversities and discontinuities in the Islamic response to modernity --
The sanctified church and the color line : reorganization, social change, and the African American religious experience --
Beating back the enemy : how Venezuelan Pentecostals think about social change --
Religion and social activism : the grassroots Catholic church in Brazil --
Pragmatism and its discontents : the evolution of the Christian right in the United States --
New religions in Australia : cultural diffusion in action --
The earth is sacred : ecological concerns in American Wicca.

In this text, scholars from the field of the sociology of religion examine a variety of faith traditions, countries and sociological topics that illustrate the connection between religion and society at the dawn of the 21st century

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