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Religion in western society / Stephen J. Hunt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunt, Stephen, 1954-
- Series:
- Sociology for a changing world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and sociology--Developed countries.
- Religion and sociology.
- Developed countries.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 235 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, [2002]
- Summary:
- This book offers a comprehensive account of religion in Western societies, focusing particularly on Western Europe and North America but taking in developments elsewhere around the globe as appropriate. Offering a guide to the principal forms of religion in the West--whether mainstream religion, sects or cults, popular superstition, or religious fundamentalism--it calls upon both empirical work and theoretical debates to examine beliefs, practices, patterns of organization, and significant trends.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-231) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333945913
- 0333945921
- OCLC:
- 187534511
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