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Table of Contents
List of Tables
Preface
Part One. Theoretical Considerations
1. Definitions and Perspectives
2. Religion and Modernity: A Sociology-of-Knowledge Approach
Part Two. Social and Historical Background
3. History of a World View, 1890 to the Present
4. A Demographic Profile
5. Beliefs and Practices
Part Three. The Dynamics of Cognitive Bargaining
6. Accommodation: The Domestication of Belief
7. Resistances: Public Piety and Politization
8. Legitimation: The Problem of Projection
Part Four. Conclusions
9. The Ambivalence of Orthodoxy in Contemporary America
Appendixes
1. Operationalizing Evangelicalism
2. Methodological Strategies
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 2/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813509853, 978-0813509853
      ISBN10: 0813509858

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      .


      Table of Contents
      List of Tables
      Preface
      Part One. Theoretical Considerations
      1. Definitions and Perspectives
      2. Religion and Modernity: A Sociology-of-Knowledge Approach
      Part Two. Social and Historical Background
      3. History of a World View, 1890 to the Present
      4. A Demographic Profile
      5. Beliefs and Practices
      Part Three. The Dynamics of Cognitive Bargaining
      6. Accommodation: The Domestication of Belief
      7. Resistances: Public Piety and Politization
      8. Legitimation: The Problem of Projection
      Part Four. Conclusions
      9. The Ambivalence of Orthodoxy in Contemporary America
      Appendixes
      1. Operationalizing Evangelicalism
      2. Methodological Strategies
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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