Religion and religiosity in America
Subtitle: studies in honor of Joseph H. Fichter
By: edited by Jeffrey K. Hadden and Theodore E. Long.
Contributors: Fichter, Joseph Henry, 1908-; Hadden, Jeffrey K.; Long, Theodore E.
Publisher: Crossroad
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Fichter, Joseph Henry, 1908-; Religion and sociology -- United States.; United States -- Religion.
Table of contents: title: Joseph H. Fichter and the relevance of religion; title: Religion and the construction of social problems / Jeffrey K. Hadden; title: Cult formation / William Sims Bainbridge and Rodney Stark; title: The pursuit of innocence : new religious movements and moral accountability / Frederick Bird; title: The Moonies and the anti-cultists / Anson D. Shupe, Jr. and David G. Bromley; title: The sounds of silence revisited / Norman B. Koller and Joseph D. Retzer; title: Evangelical life style concerns expressed in political action / Louise J. Lorentzen; title: Televangelism and the new Christian right / Jeffrey K. Hadden; title: Religion, psychiatry, and problems of everyday life / Andrew Abbott; title: Religion and therapeutic action / Theodore E. Long; title: Time, identity, and the spiritual needs of the elderly / Michael Kearl.