Believing in Belonging: Belief and Social Identity in the Modern World

by Abby Day

Book Overview

Believing in Belonging draws on empirical research exploring mainstream religious belief and identity in Euro-American countries. Starting from a qualitative study based in northern England, and then broadening the data to include other parts of Europe and North America, Abby Day explores how people "believe in belonging," choosing religious identifications to complement other social and emotional experiences of "belongings." The concept of "performative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199577870
• ISBN13: 9780199577873
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"