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Acts of Faith Explaining the Human Side of Religion Hardcover - 2000 - 1st Edition

by Stark, Rodney.; Roger Finke


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Finally, social scientists have begun to attempt to understand religious behavior rather than to discredit it as irrational, ignorant, or foolish--and Rodney Stark and Roger Finke have played a major role in this new approach. Acknowledging that science cannot assess the supernatural side of religion (and therefore should not claim to do so), Stark and Finke analyze the observable, human side of faith. In clear and engaging prose, the authors combine explicit theorizing with animated discussions as they move from considering the religiousness of individuals to the dynamics of religious groups and then to the religious workings of entire societies as religious groups contend for support. The result is a comprehensive new paradigm for the social-scientific study of religion.

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  • Title Acts of Faith Explaining the Human Side of Religion
  • Author Stark, Rodney.; Roger Finke
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles/London
  • Date August 7, 2000
  • ISBN 9780520222014

About the author

Rodney Stark is Professor of Sociology and Comparative Religion at the University of Washington. Among his many books are The Rise of Christianity (1996), The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation (California, 1985), and, with Roger Finke, The Churching of America, 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy (1992). Roger Finke is Professor of Sociology at Pennsylvania State University.
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