Revivalism and cultural change : Christianity, nation building, and the market in the nineteenth-century United States /: Christianity, nation building, and the market in the nineteenth-century United States. (2017)
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- Revivalism and cultural change : Christianity, nation building, and the market in the nineteenth-century United States /: Christianity, nation building, and the market in the nineteenth-century United States. (2017)
- Main Title:
- Revivalism and cultural change : Christianity, nation building, and the market in the nineteenth-century United States
- Further Information:
- Note: George M. Thomas.
- Authors:
- Thomas, George M
- Contents:
- Preface 1. Introduction: Sociocultural Change, Revivalism, and Republicanism Objectives in Studying Revivalism and Change Summary of the Book 2. An Institutional Model of Cultural Change and Social Movements Large-Scale Change and Social Movements Institutional Order: Rules, Ontology, and Knowledge Integration of the Institutional Order: Isomorphism and Environments Formal Organization and Ritual Institutional Dynamics: Rethinking Elective Affinity Environmental Dynamics and Social Movements An Example: Twentieth-Century Protestantism Competition and Formal Organization Further Considerations: Contradictions, Interest, and Power 3. An Institutional Analysis of Market Penetration Market Penetration in Nineteenth-Century United States Market Penetration as Rationalization Rationalization in Historical Perspective Individuation as Concept and Variable Transformation of the Ontology Variations in Individuation/Individualism: Efficacy Causal Analysis of Specific Transformations Market, Polity, and Ontology in Nineteenth-Century United States 4. The Social Meaning of Revivalism and Republicanism Revival Religion Causal Interpretation of Revival Religion The Institutional Thesis and American Religion Literature Republicanism Causal Interpretation of Republicanism The Institutionalism Thesis and Prior Studies Summary 5. Political-Economic Aspects of Revivalism: Quantitative Analyses, 1870-1896 Research Approach and Design Concepts and Measures Splitting the Sample and the ExclusionPreface 1. Introduction: Sociocultural Change, Revivalism, and Republicanism Objectives in Studying Revivalism and Change Summary of the Book 2. An Institutional Model of Cultural Change and Social Movements Large-Scale Change and Social Movements Institutional Order: Rules, Ontology, and Knowledge Integration of the Institutional Order: Isomorphism and Environments Formal Organization and Ritual Institutional Dynamics: Rethinking Elective Affinity Environmental Dynamics and Social Movements An Example: Twentieth-Century Protestantism Competition and Formal Organization Further Considerations: Contradictions, Interest, and Power 3. An Institutional Analysis of Market Penetration Market Penetration in Nineteenth-Century United States Market Penetration as Rationalization Rationalization in Historical Perspective Individuation as Concept and Variable Transformation of the Ontology Variations in Individuation/Individualism: Efficacy Causal Analysis of Specific Transformations Market, Polity, and Ontology in Nineteenth-Century United States 4. The Social Meaning of Revivalism and Republicanism Revival Religion Causal Interpretation of Revival Religion The Institutional Thesis and American Religion Literature Republicanism Causal Interpretation of Republicanism The Institutionalism Thesis and Prior Studies Summary 5. Political-Economic Aspects of Revivalism: Quantitative Analyses, 1870-1896 Research Approach and Design Concepts and Measures Splitting the Sample and the Exclusion of Cases The Socioeconomic Context of Revivalism, 1870-1890: Results The Political Consequences of Revivalism, 1880-1896: Results General Inferences and Caveats 6. Toward a General Theory of Religious Movements Empirical Issues and Trends Religion and Nation Building, Some Comparisons Religion and State Formation The Dialectics of Political-Technological Order and Gnosticism New Religious Trends and Movements Concluding Thoughts on the Sociology of Religion Appendix: Technical Aspects of the Quantitative Analyses Notes References Index. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:
- 2017
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- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 306.6
Revivals -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Christian sociology -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Christianity and culture -- History -- 19th century
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1865-1918
United States -- Church history -- 19th century - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780226924786
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