Falling from the Faith: Causes and Consequences of Religious Apostasy

by David G. Bromley

Book Overview

Falling From the Faith brings together research on religious disaffiliation by leading sociologists of religion, exemplifying the current state of knowledge on an increasingly important subject. The volume is divided into two main sections, disaffiliation from mainline churches and from alternative religious groups, emphasising the different approaches used to study each and suggesting issues for future work. The contributors suggest that the patterns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803931891
• ISBN13: 9780803931893
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.