A Church of Our Own: Disestablishment and Diversity in American Religion

by R. Stephen Warner

Book Overview

In this definitive collection of essays, R. Stephen Warner traces the development of the "new paradigm" interpretation of American religion. Originally formulated in the 1990s in response to prevailing theories of secularization that focused on the waning plausibility of religion in modern societies, the new paradigm reoriented the study of religion to a focus on communities, subcultures, new religious institutions, and the fluidity of modern religious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813536235
• ISBN13: 9780813536231
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"