Much has changed since publication of the first edition of this
established text in the sociology of religion. Revised and
expanded, this edition emphasizes new patterns of religious change
and conflict emerging in the United States in the latter part of
the twentieth century. Leading scholars describe and analyze
developments in five main areas: The fundamentalist and evangelical
revival; challenge and renewal in mainline churches; spiritual
innovation and the so-called New Age; women's movements and issues
and their impact; and politics and civil religion.
Chapters include an examination of religious movements'
responses to AIDS; Christian schools; quasi-religions; healing
rites and goddess worship; recruitment of women to charismatic and
Hassidic groups; televangelists and the Christian Right; racist
rural populism; contemporary Mormonism and its growth; cults and
brainwashing; Jonestown; dissidence in the Catholic church; and
trance-channeling, among other topics.
A new introductory chapter by the editors establishes an
integrating framework in terms of three themes: increasing conflict
and controversy associated with American religion; increasing focus
on various forms of power in American religion; and challenges to
models of secularization and modernization inherent in religious
revival, innovation, and politicization. A concluding chapter by
the editors looks at new trends and assesses their possible impact
in coming years.
Like its predecessor, this outstanding collection is a
significant contribution to the literature as well as a valuable
resource for the classroom.
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