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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bielefeld :
transcript Verlag,
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Religionswissenschaft ;
38 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (331 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783839468265 3839468264 |