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7%OFFDonald S. Swenson - Society, Spirituality, and the Sacred: A Social Scientific Introduction, Second Edition - 9780802096807 - V9780802096807
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Society, Spirituality, and the Sacred: A Social Scientific Introduction, Second Edition

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Description for Society, Spirituality, and the Sacred: A Social Scientific Introduction, Second Edition paperback. "This work makes a much-needed contribution to teaching and learning about the various forms of religious belief and action in our world." - Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.

In Society, Spirituality, and the Sacred, Swenson draws on both Weber's Charisma and Routinization of Charisma and Thomas O'Dea's Dilemmas of the Institutionalization of Religion to reveal how religion has both a positive and negative effect on people. Moving from the individual experience of the sacred to the more institutional religious experience, the book explores the many manifestations of religious life and offers a synthesis of folk religions, new religions, the New Age Movement, and the challenges posed by the secularization of contemporary life. This approach to studying the sociology of religion offers a more challenging and provocative opportunity for ... Read more

The second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to integrate the latest developments in the field and to offer a more global approach to the study of religion. New chapters on women and religion and new religious movements have been added and discussions of Islam, indigenous religions and postmodernism have been significantly expanded.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802096807
SKU
V9780802096807
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About Donald S. Swenson
Donald S. Swenson is a Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal College, Calgary. He holds a degree in theology from the University of Ottawa and a PhD in sociology from Notre Dame University. He has taught, researched, and written on the sociology of religion for over twenty years.

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