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The Need for Certainty - A Sociological Study of Conventional Religion (Hardcover)
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The Need for Certainty - A Sociological Study of Conventional Religion (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Christianity
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Originally published in 1984, The Need for Certainty explores the
different ways in which people can be religious within the
conventional traditions of the main Christian denominations. Based
on in-depth analysis of letters sent to John Robinson, then Bishop
of Woolwich, after the publication of his book Honest to God, The
Need for Certainty describes five contrasting ways of being
religious and explores how, despite being mutually incompatible,
they are able to coexist in the churches. In doing so, it argues
that a proper grasp of this wide variation in styles of
religiousness is a prerequisite for quantitative surveys of
religion. Each contrasting religious style is explored in turn and
illustrated with quotations from the original letters. The intense
desire for religious certainty is extensively explored and
presented as a debased, but common, form of religious aspiration
that often leads to the degeneration of faith. The Need for
Certainty is ideal for those with an interest in Christianity, the
sociology of religion, and theology.
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