TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aldridge,Alan
TI  - Religion in the contemporary world: a sociological introduction 
SN  - 9780745634043 (hbk.)
AV  - BL 60 .A53 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge, Malden, MA
PB  - Polity
KW  - Religion and sociology
KW  - Religious minorities
KW  - Cultural pluralism
KW  - Faith
KW  - Religious institutions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-238) and index; 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
ER  -