The Sociology of Religious Movements

Explaining how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Satanism, New Age and democratization. <strong></strong><strong><em>The Sociology of Religious Movements</em></strong> is the culmination of work begun in <strong></strong><strong><em>The Future of Religion</em></strong> (the 1986 award winner of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion) and <strong></strong><strong><em>A Theory of Religion</em></strong> (1993 award winner of the Pacific Sociological Association). Explaining religious schism, innovation, and conversion to show how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as: Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Children of God, Satanism, New York City Mission Society, New Age, Asian imports, and democratization.