Stark / Neilson The Rise of Mormonism

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-231-50991-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Stark, Rodney

Neilson, Reid

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Konfessionen amerikanischen Ursprungs
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, by Rodney Stark
Introduction, by Reid L. Neilson
1. Extracting Social Scientific Models from Mormon History
2. Joseph Smith Among the Revelators
3. Mormon Networks of Faith
4. Rationality and Mormon Sacrifice
5. Modernization, Secularization, and Mormon Growth
6. The Basis of Mormon Success
7. The Rise of a New World Faith
Bibliography
Further Acknowledgments
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rodney Stark is University Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University. He is the author of more than twenty books, including For the Glory of God and Exploring the Religious Life.Reid L. Neilson is the author and editor of several books on Mormonism. He is currently a doctoral candidate in religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.