A Theory of ReligionP. Lang, 1987 - 386 Seiten This book offers the first modern theory of religion. A deductive theory, beginning with seven axioms about human nature and the world humans inhabit, it derives hundreds of formal propositions about human religious behavior. Included are the origins of religion, the sources of religious commitment, the development of religious institutions, the emergence of religious movements, and the postulation of good and evil gods. Step by step, the authors explain the social processes of recruitment to a group, propagation of a faith, and competition between denominations. They show that secularization is a never-ending process in which particular faiths are discredited while new faiths arise to take their place. Thus, religion is an eternal human response to the conditions of existence, changing in form throughout history but always a vital part of culture and society. |
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... movements , if we define social movements as relatively organized groups or networks seeking to cause or prevent social change . Institutions adapt to change . Social movements seek to alter or become institutions . Thus we can see that ...
... movements , if we define social movements as relatively organized groups or networks seeking to cause or prevent social change . Institutions adapt to change . Social movements seek to alter or become institutions . Thus we can see that ...
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... movements if the state is sufficiently powerful to sup- press political rebellion . Def.89 A millenarian religious movement is one in which the participants believe that supernatural intervention will soon effect a radical ...
... movements if the state is sufficiently powerful to sup- press political rebellion . Def.89 A millenarian religious movement is one in which the participants believe that supernatural intervention will soon effect a radical ...
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... movements may not , in fact , have anything to recommend them over apparently impotent religious movements . Of course , one of the false assumptions of some political movements is the belief that deprived persons constitute a coherent ...
... movements may not , in fact , have anything to recommend them over apparently impotent religious movements . Of course , one of the false assumptions of some political movements is the belief that deprived persons constitute a coherent ...
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Evolution of the Gods | 21 |
279 | 89 |
Emergence of Schismatic Religious Movements | 121 |
Urheberrecht | |
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