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Author Day, Abby, 1956-

Title Believing in belonging : belief and social identity in the modern world / Abby Day
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 230 pages)
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Section 1. Methods and Theoretical Frameworks -- 1. Genealogies of Belief in Sociology and Anthropology: Transcending Disciplinary Boundaries -- 2. A Research Journey Begins -- Section 2. Cosmologies of the Mainstream -- 3. Believing in Belonging: The Cultural Act of Claiming Identity -- 4. Youth and Belief: Belonging to Connected Selves -- 5. The Sensuous Social Supernatural -- 6. Believing in Fate: Covering the Cracks in Belonging -- 7. Boundaries of Belonging: Doing Unto Ourselves -- Section 3: Relocating Belief and Belonging
8. Theorizing Belief: A Holistic, Organic, Seven-Dimensional Model9. Understanding Christian Nominalism: Rethinking Christian Identity -- 10. Conclusion: Relocating Belief to the Social -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y
Summary Drawing on empirical research exploring mainstream religious belief and identity in Euro-American countries, Abby Day explores how people 'believe in belonging', choosing religious identifications to complement other social and emotional experiences of 'belongings'
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-224) and index
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Subject Faith -- Social aspects
Group identity -- Europe -- Religious aspects
Group identity -- United States -- Religious aspects
Belonging (Social psychology) -- Europe
Belonging (Social psychology) -- United States
Experience (Religion)
RELIGION -- Faith.
Belonging (Social psychology)
Experience (Religion)
Europe
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191618130
0191618136
9780191731143
0191731145