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Spirit and Flesh : Life in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church
James M. Ault
Paperback - $26.95
In an attempt to understand the growing popularity and influence of Christian fundamentalism, sociologist and documentary filmmaker James Ault spent three years inside the world of a Massachusetts fundamentalist church.
Spirit and Flesh takes us ...
Preaching from a Pulpit of Bones : We Need Morality But Not Traditional Morality
Bob Avakian
Paperback - $15.95
This provocative book includes a scathing refutation of the reality behind conservative Christian fundamentalist morality, a critical look at the limitations of "liberation theology," and a new perspective on morality.
Prescribing Faith : Medicine, Media, and Religion in American Culture
Claire Hoertz Badaracco
Paperback - $75.95
The intertwining of medicine, media, and religion in American history and culture
Religion, Deviance, and Social Control
William Sims Bainbridge
Paperback - $86.95
Does religion have the power to control behavior? Are religious people less apt to steal, cheat, use drugs and alcohol, commit suicide, join cults or become mentally ill? Do cities with high rates of religious participation have lower crime and subst ...
Millennialism and Violence
Michael Barkun
Paperback - $96.95
As the world approaches the year 2000, many societies are experiencing an unprecedented growth in millenarian movements that anticipate an imminent and total transformation of the world. Many of these movements have been associated with violence, eit ...
Past Shock : The Origin of Religion and Its Impact on the Human Soul
Jack Barranger
Paperback - $21.95
Twenty years ago, Alvin Toffler coined the term "future shock" - a syndrome in which people are overwhelmed by the future. Past Shock suggests that events that happened thousands of years ago very strongly impact humanity today. Our advanced science ...
La Mutacion Religiosa de America Latina : Para Una Sociologia del Cambio Social En La Modernidad Periferica
Jean-Pierre Bastian
Hardcover - $26.95
Beyond Belief
Robert N. Bellah
Paperback - $50.95
"Beyond Belief collects fifteen celebrated, broadly ranging essays in which Robert Bellah interprets the interplay of religion and society in concrete contexts from Japan to the Middle East to the United States. First published in 1970, "Beyond Belie ...
The Robert Bellah Reader
Robert N. Bellah
Paperback - $44.95
Perhaps best known for his coauthored bestselling books "Habits of the Heart" and "The Good Society," Bellah is a visionary leader in the social study of religion. This reader brings together 28 of his seminal essays.