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Church and Social Action - A Critical Assessment and Bibliographical Survey (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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Church and Social Action - A Critical Assessment and Bibliographical Survey (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies
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The authors of the volume set themselves an almost impossible task.
They have put together, with very well done short annotations, an
impressive array of bibliographical information on the contibution
of religion to social change. Choice This bibliographic survey
focuses on one aspect of religion: situations in which organized
religious groups have served as active agents in social change.
These situations have been studied by sociologists, historians,
anthropologists, and political scientists, and in this work Wolcott
and Bolger discuss the literature and provide a guide to the main
sources in English. The concentration is on religious-based social
movements in modern societies since the industrial revolution, and
in Third World countries from the beginning of their independence
movements. In addition, there are sections on such topics as
messianic movements, the religious radical-right, and sacral
kingship. The volume is organized into two major sections, an
introductory survey and an annotated bibliography. The introductory
survey includes discussions of the comparative study of religious
social action, the role that religious organizations play in modern
societies, contemporary studies of other societies, and churches
and social action throughout history. The annotated bibliography
contains over 600 items covering all the major religions and is
arranged in the same organizational scheme as the survey. Each
entry is numbered consecutively, and references throughout the text
refer to the item numbers. The book concludes with author, title,
and subject indexes. This reference work will be an important
source for courses in religious studies, history, and the social
sciences, as well as a valuable addition to both academic and
public libraries.
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