Social Forms of Religion - European and American Christianity in Past and Present
Verlag | transcript |
Auflage | 2024 |
Seiten | 330 |
Format | 15,0 x 2,4 x 22,6 cm |
Gewicht | 529 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Religionswissenschaft 38 |
ISBN-10 | 3837668266 |
EAN | 9783837668261 |
Bestell-Nr | 83766826A |
An analysis of how competing social forms impact the development of religion, exemplified by different Christian traditions in Europe and the Americas.
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.