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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... sect leaders were clergy in the earlier group , by leading a new sect they escape any costs they used to have to pay their superfors . Even if the new sect has little in the way of material rewards to distribute , it will have emotional ...
... sect leaders were clergy in the earlier group , by leading a new sect they escape any costs they used to have to pay their superfors . Even if the new sect has little in the way of material rewards to distribute , it will have emotional ...
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... sect or cult is also a time of increased generation and exchange of compensators . It is a time of new hope and ... sect or cult . P287 The period of initial organizational formation is a time of high exchange of compensators in a new ...
... sect or cult is also a time of increased generation and exchange of compensators . It is a time of new hope and ... sect or cult . P287 The period of initial organizational formation is a time of high exchange of compensators in a new ...
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... sect formation is proportionally strengthened . P153 In a culture with a dominant religious tradition , the emergence of sect movements increases the proportion of the population affiliated with religious organizations . P154 If a ...
... sect formation is proportionally strengthened . P153 In a culture with a dominant religious tradition , the emergence of sect movements increases the proportion of the population affiliated with religious organizations . P154 If a ...
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Evolution of the Gods | 21 |
279 | 89 |
Emergence of Schismatic Religious Movements | 121 |
Urheberrecht | |
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