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Redefining Religion and Irreligion
2022This chapter addresses the cultural decentring of the clergy. It highlights that men and a few bold women field-preachers were losing the old clerical monopoly of access to the written word. The Church's role was slowly becoming adapted to suit a changing society. Within a pluralist system, people had choices between different faiths and non-faith. The
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1971
There are various ways in which a discussion of irreligion tends to involve a discussion of religion and morality. In the first case a discussion of the boundaries of the phenomenon of religion as well as that of irreligion involves distinguishing morality from religion.
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There are various ways in which a discussion of irreligion tends to involve a discussion of religion and morality. In the first case a discussion of the boundaries of the phenomenon of religion as well as that of irreligion involves distinguishing morality from religion.
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The Nature and Forms of Irreligion
1971The claim of the sociology of irreligion to be accepted as an important and viable sphere of study clearly cannot be admitted until its specific subject of investigation has been outlined. Irreligion itself must be identified, delineated and defined and its various forms described.
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On Spitting Against the Wind: Organizational Precariousness and American Irreligion
American Journal of Sociology, 1966This is an analysis of a small-town Wisconsin free-thought movement and its response to organizational dilemmas arising out of its irreligion. More particularly, it is an analysis of organization demise. The study isolates a number of variables which help to account for the movemet's history. Several relate to the community context such as vertical and
N J, Demerath, V, Thiessen
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