Falling from the faith : causes and consequences of religious apostasy
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Falling from the faith : causes and consequences of religious apostasy
（Sage focus editions, 95）
Sage Publications, c1988
- pbk.
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Bibliography: p. 251-262
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Falling From the Faith brings together research on religious disaffiliation by leading sociologists of religion, exemplifying the current state of knowledge on an increasingly important subject.
The volume is divided into two main sections, disaffiliation from mainline churches and from alternative religious groups, emphasising the different approaches used to study each and suggesting issues for future work. The contributors suggest that the patterns of disaffiliation disclose a historic restructuring of the place of religion in the social order. The volume is thus a useful tool for sociologists interested in the study of religion in today's society and an essential text for courses in religion.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS DISAFFILIATION
Religious Disaffiliation - David G Bromley
A Neglected Social Process
PART TWO: DISAFFILIATION FROM MAINLINE CHURCHES
Apostasy in American Churches - C Kirk Hadaway and Wade Clark Roof
Evidence from National Survey Data
Another Look at Conversion and Defection in Conservative Churches - Lynn D Nelson and David G Bromley
Religious Leave-Taking - Stan L Albrecht, Marie Cornwall and Perry H Cunningham
Disengagement and Disaffiliation Among Mormons
Why Catholics Drop Out - Dean R Hoge
Leaving Catholic Convents - Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh
Toward a Theory of Disengagement
Disaffiliation, Desacralization and Political Values - Lynn D Nelson
PART THREE: DISAFFILIATION FROM ALTERNATIVE RELIGIOUS GROUPS
Leaving New Religious Movements - Stuart A Wright
Issues, Theory and Research
Defection from the Unification Church - Eileen Barker
Some Statistics and Distinctions
Deprogramming as a Mode of Exit from New Religious Movements - David G Bromley
The Case of the Unificationist Movement
Between Two Worlds - Susan Rothbaum
Issues of Separation and Identity After Leaving a Religious Community
The Impact of Apostates on the Trajectory of Religious Movements - John R Hall
The Case of Peoples Temple
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