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A Theory of Religion (Paperback, 1st pbk. ed)
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A Theory of Religion (Paperback, 1st pbk. ed)
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Winner of the 1993 Distinguished Book Award, Pacific Sociological
Association "A major work in three different areas of sociology, A
Theory of Religion] is a model of how to build a systematic theory,
a leading accomplishment of the rational choice school, and a
comprehensive theory of religion. . . . It is a sobering as well as
penetrating vision. This] book deserves a great deal of attention,
both in the sociology of religion and in wider realms of social
theory."--Randall Collins, Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion "The value of this book] lies in the distance it carries
sociology toward a scientific theory of religion and in the
sustained rigor of its deductive application. It is a 'must read'
for anyone interested in the scientific study of religion or the
formal axiomatization of sociology."--Thomas Ryba, Zygon "Stark and
Bainbridge have made pioneering and enduring efforts in writing
this book, and to a large extent they have been successful in their
attempt to explain deductively why and how the phenomena of
religion occur."--K. Peter Takayama, Journal of Church and State In
this unique text, Stark and Bainbridge begin with basic statements
about human nature and, employing the principles of logic and
philosophy, build toward increasingly complex propositions about
societies and their religious institutions. They provide a rigorous
yet flexible sociological theory or religion as well as a general
sociological model for deriving macrolevel theory from microlevel
evidence. Rodney Stark is a professor of sociology and of
comparative religion at the University of Washington and co-author
of The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our
Religious Economy (Rutgers University Press). William Sims
Bainbridge is director of the sociology program at the National
Science Foundation and author of Goals in Space: American Values
and the Future of Technology.
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