num_pages: 390
description: In this unique text, Stark and Bainbridge begin with basic statements about human nature and, employing the principles of logic and philosophy, build toward increasingly complex propositions about societies and their religious institutions. They provide a rigorous yet flexible sociological theory of religion as well as a general sociological model for deriving macrolevel theory from microlevel evidence.
language: English
title: A Theory of Religion
titlecomplete: A Theory of Religion
genres: Sociology, Religion, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 29
publisher: Rutgers University Press