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The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II
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Wuthnow, Robert
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261.7 W958
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The Restructuring of American Religion is a major survey of the las four decades of American religious life - an intriguing and well-documented account of the dramatic changes tha have ocurred since World War II. Robert Wuthnow gathers a vas amount of factual information into a fast -paced narrative tha answers numerous questions about what is really happening as religion and politics interact in teh United States. In particular, he deciphers the growing polarization of religious liberals ans religious conservatives - a serious division that has generated conflicting claims about religion's public role. While so doing, he tells us nearly as much about the character of American life in general as about American religious life in particular.
The consevative/liberal split is accopanied by the declining significance of denominationalism and the growth of hundreds of new special purpose groups representign more narrowly defined religious interests. Major denominations have suffered serious membership losses, and conservative forces have abandoned earlier separatist strategies and forged a significant cross-denominational movement. Beginning by reconstructing the social and cultural milieu of religion in teh immediate postwar period, the author goes on to trace the impact of concurrent developments such as the sahrp growth in higher education, the expansion of the bureaucratic welfare state, and teh unrest of the 1960's. The Restructuring of American Religion concludes by placing these changes in an interpretative framework tha provides insights into today´s conflicts between curch ans state. |
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0-691-07328-7
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Princeton University Press
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1988
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380
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United States of America
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New Jersey
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English
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Priscila Barrientos
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Priscila Barrientos
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25/09/2014
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25/09/2014
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