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The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life : A Study in Religious Sociology
Emile Durkheim
Hardcover - $81.95
In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Emile Durkheim sets himself the task of discovering the enduring source of human social identity. He investigates what he considered to be the simplest form of documented religion - totemism among the ...
Religion and Family in a Changing Society
Penny Edgell
Paperback - $47.95
"The research in this book is more extensive than almost anything else on this topic--and this is a topic that has received considerable attention in recent years. The particular attractiveness of the book is its combination of qualitative and quanti ...
Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, and Revolution : The Jacobin Dimension of Modernity
S. N. Eisenstadt
Paperback - $78.95
This book is a major comparative analysis of fundamentalist movements in historical and cultural context, spanning revolutionary France, America and Japan, with an emphasis on the contemporary scene. Leading sociologist S. N. Eisenstadt examines the ...
People of the Dream : Multiracial Congregations in the United States
Michael O. Emerson
Hardcover - $86.95
"A rising star in the field of sociology and religion, Michael Emerson has a rare knack for describing statistical results in terms that non-specialists can understand."--Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University
"Exhaustively researched and meticulousl ...
People of the Dream : Multiracial Congregations in the United States
Michael O. Emerson
Paperback - $38.95
Straight to Jesus : Sexual and Christian Conversions in the Ex-Gay Movement
Tanya Erzen
Paperback - $45.95
"Erzen is sensitive, savvy, and provocative. Her mastery of historical sources, ethnographic technique, and accessible writing style are evident throughout. She illuminates aspects of conservative Christianity central to the 'culture wars, ' deepenin ...
By Their Creator : How a Belief in a Creator Shapes the American Conscience
Philip J. Eveland
Paperback - $49.95