Virtuous Pagans: Unreligious People in America (Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Religion)

This book, first published in 1991, examines the unreligious of America. Most sociologists of religion viewed religious belief and behaviour as having strong positive function for individual well-being – with the implicit assumption that unreligious individuals would lack meaning in life. This book applies statistical approaches to modelling causality as it analyses a controversial topic in American sociology. 1. Christiantown, USA Richard Stellway 2. Ecstasy and Holiness: Counter Culture and the Open Society Frank Musgrove 3. The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life Roy Wallis 4. God's Blueprints: A Sociological Study of Three Utopian Sects John McKelvie Whitworth 5. A House Divided: Protestantism, Schism and Secularization Steve Bruce 6. Jehovah's Witnesses: The New World Society Marley Cole 7. Pray TV: Televangelism in America Steve Bruce 8. Religion, Aging and Health: A Global Perspective Edited by William M. Clements 9. Religion and Advanced Industrial Society James A. Beckford 10. Religion and Social Class: The Disruption Years in Aberdeen A. Allan MacLaren 11. Religion and the Family: Youth and the Gang Instinct Geoffrey Hoyland 12. The Religion of Ethnicity: Belief and Belonging in a Greek-American Community Gary A. Kunkelman 13. The Religious Roots of American Sociology Cecil E. Greek 14. Rosicrucianism in America Edited with an introduction by J. Gordon Melton 15. Social Science and the Cults: An Annotated Bibliography John A. Saliba 16. Sociology of Religion Joachim Wach 17. Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World Edited by Mark Juergensmeyer 18. Virtuous Pagans: Unreligious People in America Thomas H. Davenport 19. Voices from the Gods: Speaking with Tongues David Christie-Murray This book, first published in 1974, argues that the counter culture is not the outcome of alienation, but of opportunity, being the result of a new generational consciousness which has characterised societies of the West since the 1950s. Its roots lie in economic expansion and population movement: that are cited in the decline of religiousness. This book, first published in 1991, examines the unreligious of America. Most sociologists of religion viewed religious belief and behaviour as having strong positive function for individual well-being – with the implicit assumption that unreligious individuals would lack meaning in life. This book applies statistical approaches to the topic. This set collects together in 19 volumes a wealth of texts on Sociology of Religion. An invaluable reference resource, it contains classic books on a wide range of topics, including: religion and violence, religion and family life, religion and society, culture and class.