Religious Conversion and Disaffiliation Tracing Patterns of Change in Faith Practices

This book is the first in over a decade to attempt a systematic synthesis of the field of conversion studies, encompassing the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, and theology. Gooren analyzes conversion and disaffiliation in a worldwide comparative framework, using data fro...

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Main Author: Gooren, Henri
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2010, 2010
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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