Nancy T. Ammerman is Professor of Sociology of Religion, School of Theology, and Professor of Religion at Boston University. She is the past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
"This book plots a new agenda for understanding religion in
contemporary society. Based on case studies in both Europe and the
United States, the poverty of rational-choice explanations of
religion is exposed, along with the inadequacy of charting
religious change by surveying beliefs and patterns of institutional
affiliation. Pluralism may challenge traditional perceptions of
religion, but it certainly has not led to the demise religion if
one examines what
people do in everyday life. This is a wonderful collection of
essays, framed by Ammerman's brilliant opening and closing
chapters." --Donald E. Miller, Professor of Religion and Executive
Director of the
Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern
California
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