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Author | : Robert L. Montgomery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Culture diffusion |
ISBN | : 9780761803447 |
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Of the major world religions, only three, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam have diffused widely. They were introduced across numerous socio-cultural boundaries and were received as new religions to their converts. However, these diffusing religions have had varying degrees of success from wholesale reception to wholesale rejection. This book presents the perspective that a major factor in the variations in the diffusions of these religions, and in the religions themselves, is found in the nature of the inter-group relationships between receiving groups and both sending groups and surrounding groups. A crucial perception of the receivers is the perceived contribution the new religion will make to the enhancement of important aspects of group identities and of the strength of the group. This book takes into account diffusion, an old and persistent concept in the social sciences which has been rarely applied in sociology to religions or even ideologies.
Author | : Robert L. Montgomery |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2001-10-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0313075255 |
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Comparing the spread of Christianity to the East to its more successful spread to the West, Montgomery illustrates the uneven diffusion of one of the world's most influential and successful religions. Through his sociological analysis, the author examines the causes for Christianity's success to the West and its relative failings in major societies to the east of Jerusalem, including India, Persia, and China. Applying five variables, including Christianity's missionary orientation, geography, intersocietal relations, sociocultural structures, and individual perceptions, Montgomery provides a theory of the diffusion of religion in general, and of Christianity in particular. Beginning by laying out the variables he will apply to the study, Montgomery carefully explains his approach, introducing the reader to this unique field of study. He then moves on to examine Christianity's earliest spread to areas east of Jerusalem. An examination of the rise of Islam in the East precedes a comparative analysis of the success of Christianity in its spread to the West to its relative failure to spread to the East. He concludes with a discussion of religious pluralism. Groundbreaking in its attempt to establish a better understanding of religious diffusion, this work will be indispensable to those interested in the study of sociology of religions, religious studies, missionary studies, and Christianity.
Author | : Robert L. Montgomery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Christian sociology |
ISBN | : 9781598990867 |
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Since the nineteenth century, scholars have recognized that three religions have spread more widely through propagation and conversion than other religions. These three religions in historical order are Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. In spite of this recognition and numerous studies of these and other religions, there has been almost no attempt to explain why these three religions should have spread so widely. This book breaks new ground in setting forth the reasons why these religions have spread. It also predicts the future course in the spread of religions based on the nature of these religions and changing world conditions. www.sompsite.com
Author | : Roger W. Stump |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2008-04-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0742581497 |
Download The Geography of Religion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The only book of its kind, this balanced and accessibly written text explores the geographical study of religion. Roger W. Stump presents a clear and meticulous examination of the intersection of religious belief and practice with the concepts of place and space. He begins by analyzing the factors that have shaped the spatial distributions of religious groups, including the seminal events that have fostered the organization of religions in diverse hearths and the subsequent processes of migration and conversion that have spread religious beliefs. The author then assesses how major religions have diversified as they have become established in disparate places, producing a variety of religious systems from a common tradition. Stump explores the efforts of religious groups to control secular space at various scales, relating their own uses of particular spaces and the meanings they attribute to space beyond the boundaries of their own communities. Examining sacred space as a diverse but recurring theme in religious belief, the book considers its role in religious forms of spatial behavior and as a source of conflict within and between religious groups. Refreshingly jargon-free and impartial, this text provides a broad, comparative view of religion as a focus of geographical inquiry.
Author | : Peter B. Clarke |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 806 |
Release | : 2009-05-07 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1135211000 |
Download The World's Religions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This comprehensive volume focuses on the world's religions and the changes they have undergone as they become more global and diverse in form. It explores the religions of the world not only in the regions with which they have been historically associated, but also looks at the new cultural and religious contexts in which they are developing. It considers the role of migration in the spread of religions by examining the issues raised for modern societies by the increasing interaction of different religions. The volume also addresses such central questions as the dynamics of religious innovation which is evidenced in the rise and impact of new religious and new spirituality movements in every continent.
Author | : Robert L. Montgomery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2012-05 |
Genre | : Christian sociology |
ISBN | : 9780615637020 |
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"This is essentially a second edition of the 2007 book, 'The spread of religions: a social scientific theory based on the spread of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam'. However, some new material is included ..."--Prelim. p.
Author | : Cornelis Petrus Tiele |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : Religions |
ISBN | : |
Download Outlines of the History of Religion to the Spread of the Universal Religions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : James M. Rubenstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1998-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780130801807 |
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Author | : C.P. Tiele |
Publisher | : Concept Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Religions |
ISBN | : 9788172681234 |
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Author | : Victor R. Griffin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1939 |
Genre | : Psychology, Religious |
ISBN | : |
Download Some Theories of the Origin and Diffusion of Religion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle