Aldridge, Alan <br/><br/>
Religion in the contemporary world :  a sociological introduction / 
Alan Aldridge. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Cambridge ;  Malden, MA :  Polity,  2007. 
 - ix, 242 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-238) and index. 
<br/><br/>Religion and the challenge of diversity -- Defining religion: social conflicts and sociological debates -- Varieties of religious movement -- Secularization: the social insignificance of religion? -- Secularization challenged: a new paradigm? -- Fundamentalism -- Civil religion and political ritual -- Brainwashing, consumer protection and the state -- Religious identity and meaning in consumer society. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780745634043 (hbk.) 0745634044 (hbk.) 0745634052 (pbk.) 9780745634050 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA773798  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013889510  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion and sociology.<br/>Religious minorities.<br/>Cultural pluralism.<br/>Faith.<br/>Religious institutions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL 60  / .A53 2007