The Resilience of Conservative Religion: The Case of Popular, Conservative Protestant Congregations / Edition 1

by Joseph B. Tamney

Overview

The recent growth and popularity of conservative churches contradicts the idea that late-modern societies have outgrown the need for such relics of the past as traditionalist religions. Joseph Tamney offers an explanation for this apparent incongruity by looking at the case of growing, popular, conservative Protestant congregations in the United States. His findings represent a synthesis of ideas from supporters of secularization theory and from those who stress the competitive market of churches in America as a factor in church growth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521008679
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/11/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

WILLIAM A. SCHABAS is Professor of Human Rights Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway and Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights. His numerous publications include Genocide in International Law (2000), The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law (third edition to be published in 2001), International Human Rights Law and the Canadian Charter (1996), The Death Penalty as Cruel Treatment and Torture (1996), Précis du droit international des droits de la personne (1997) and Les instruments internationaux, canadiens et québécois des droits et libertés (1998). He is also editor-in-chief of Criminal Law Forum.

Table of Contents

1. Explanations for the success of conservative religions; 2. The appeal of conservative protestantism in the early-modern United States; 3. Spirited church; 4. Truth church; 5. Caring church; 6. Open church; 7. Conclusion; Tables; Appendix 1; Appendix 2.

Editorial Reviews

"Tamney can take pride in having touched intelligently on the main theoretical issues surrounding conservative Protestantism, and in having produced a thoughtful, readable, ethnographic update on religion in Middletown." Canadian Journal of Sociology Online

"Tamney provides an outstanding descriptive analysis of contemporary American churches and their social environment. Church leaders will find invaluable analytical tools for understanding the cas changes to which they have been adapting." Choice

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