TY  - GEN
T1  - Acts of faith : explaining the human side of religion
A1  - Stark, Rodney
A1  - Finke, Roger, 1954-
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn761290536
AB  - Finally, social scientists have begun to attempt to understand religious behavior rather than to discredit it as irrational, ignorant, or foolish-and Rodney Stark and Roger Finke have played a major role in this new approach. Acknowledging that science cannot assess the supernatural side of religion (and therefore should not claim to do so), Stark and Finke analyze the observable, human side of faith. In clear and engaging prose, the authors combine explicit theorizing with animated discussions as they move from considering the religiousness of individuals to the dynamics of religious groups and then to the religious workings of entire societies as religious groups contend for support. The result is a comprehensive new paradigm for the social-scientific study of religion.
OP  - 343
CN  - BL60 .S675 2000eb
SN  - 9780520924345
SN  - 0520924347
SN  - 1283320746
SN  - 9781283320740
SN  - 0520222016
SN  - 0520222024
SN  - 9780520222014
SN  - 9780520222021
KW  - Religion and sociology.
KW  - Sociologie religieuse.
KW  - sociology of religion.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Sociology of Religion.
KW  - RELIGION : Comparative Religion.
KW  - Religion and sociology
KW  - Religionssoziologie
KW  - Glaube
KW  - Religionspsychologie
KW  - Geloofsgemeenschappen.
KW  - Keuzegedrag.
KW  - Religião (sociologia)
KW  - Electronic resource.
ER  -