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TOWARD A NEW SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION.

This paper questions the assumption that religion, or its functional alternatives, inevitably provides the basis for the cultural integration of all societies. In modern societies the process of differentiation has reached the point at which a normative order based on religious beliefs and values is...

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Published in:Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 16 - 33
Main Author: Fenn, Richard K.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar72
Subjects:
Religion & culture
Social integration
Belief & doubt
Social values
Utilitarianism
Social structure
Religion & sociology
Religion
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