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Religion, mobilization, and social action

Author: Anson D Shupe; Bronislaw Misztal
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.
Series: Religion in the age of transformation.
Edition/Format:  Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Religious social action groups are emerging as key movers in sweeping sociopolitical changes. Although their inspiration is religious, their goals are secular. This volume considers the role of such  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Anson D Shupe; Bronislaw Misztal
ISBN: 0275956253 9780275956257
OCLC Number: 37721339
Description: x, 260 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Fundamentalism and globalization : fundamentalist movements at the twilight of the twentieth century --
Secularization and religious modernity in Western Europe --
Open society, social action, and the prospects of social mobilization in the twenty-first century --
Forward to the past : predictions for the future of U.S. religion --
The market paradigm and the future of religious organizations --
The Brazilian Catholic Church and land conflicts in the Amazon --
Islam and social movements in Asia : the case of Malaysia --
The changing role of religion and social action groups in Japanese society --
Religion and moral values in Russia : transition to the post-Communist era --
The mobilization of prophecy : a challenge to the churches of Northern Ireland --
The impact of dominant versus minority status on religious conversion processes : comparisons of Jews returning to traditional Judaism in Israel, the United States, and the Soviet Union --
The new Christian Right in the twenty-first century --
Frame alignment and strategic evolution in social movements : the case of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church --
Confessions, outings, and ordeals : understanding media in the United States.
Series Title: Religion in the age of transformation.
Responsibility: edited by Anson Shupe and Bronislaw Misztal.

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