Religion, Mobilization, and Social Action

Subjects:

• Religious Studies » Religious Studies (General)
• Sociology » Sociology (General)

Reviews:

• ...offers much of value to students of religion and globalization.
  —Social Forces March 2000

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Secularization, Globalization, and Social Action
• Fundamentalism and Globalization: Fundamentalist Movements at the Twilight of the Twentieth Century by Bronislaw Misztal and Anson Shupe
• Secularization and Religious Modernity in Western Europe by Daniele Hervieu-Leger
• Open Society, Social Action and the Prospects of Social Mobilization in the Twenty-First Century by Bronislaw Misztal
• The Rationality Debate in Religiosity: Implications for the Future of Western Christianity
• Forward to the Past: Predictions for the Future of American Religion by Ralph Pyle and Roger Finke
• The Market Paradigm and the Future of Religious Organizations by Eric Mazur and Phillip E. Hammond
• Prophetic Expressions and Religious Social Action
• The Brazilian Catholic Church and Land Conflicts in the Amazon by Madeleine Cousineau
• Islam and Social Movements in Asia: The Case of Malaysia by Sushil K. Usman
• The Changing Role of Religion and Social Action Groups in Japanese Society by Mark R. Mullins
• Religion and Moral Values in Russia: Transition to the Post-Communist Era by Tony Carnes and Samuel Kliger
• The Social Control of Political Violence: The Prophetic Role of Churches in Northern Ireland by Ronald J. McAllister
• The Impact of Dominant Versus Minority Status on Religious Conversion Processes: Comparisons of Jews "Returning" to Traditional Judaism in Israel, the USA, and the USSR by M. Herbert Danzger
• The New Christian Right in the Twenty-First Century by Matthew C. Moen
• Frame Alignment and Strategic Evolution in Social Movements: The Case of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church by Anson Shupe
• Confessions, Outings, and Ordeals: Understanding Media in America by John Simpson
• References
• Index