Individualism, the Validation of Faith, and the Social Nature of Religion in Modernity

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 161-175

  Hervieu Léger, Danièle ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b Centre Interdisciplinaire d'Etudes des Faits Religieux   (France)

Author keywords

Individualism; Modernity; Political power; Religious institutions; Societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956810080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998571.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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