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...

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Main Author: Freudenberg, Maren
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Reuter, Astrid
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2024.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Religionswissenschaft ; 38
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (331 pages).
ISBN:9783839468265
3839468264