a sociological comment Wilson, Bryan R. creator text bibliography enk London Penguin Books 1966 monographic eng

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286p. tables. 19 cm. Contents: Statistical evidence of secularization in England -- Denominationalism and secularization -- The social context of secularization -- Religion and other social institutions -- Secularization and the clerical profession -- Religion in America: a contrasting pattern -- Religion and status: America and Britain -- The clergy and ecumenicalism -- The ecumenical implications of Christian expansion -- Ecumenicalism and the denominations -- The origins and functions of sects -- Emerging denominations and persisting sects. by Bryan R. Wilson. Index: p. 279-286. Church and the world 261.87 66067339 DLC 730618 20160114165820.0 643876