{"product_id":"the-demise-of-religion-how-religions-end-die-or-dissipate-paperback","title":"The Demise of Religion: How Religions End, Die, or Dissipate - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Stausberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarole M. Cusack\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStuart A. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do religions fail or die? Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this open access book explores this important question that has received little scholarly attention to date. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInternational contributors provide case studies from the United States, England, Sweden, Japan, New Guinea, and France resulting in a work that explores processes of attenuation, disintegration, transmutation, death, and extinction across cultures. These include: instances where mass suicides or homicides resulted in religious dissolution; the fall of Mars Hills Church and its larger-than-life megachurch pastor, accused of plagiarism and bullying in 2012; the death of the last member of the Panacea Society in England in 2012; and the disintegration of Knutby Filadelfia, a religious community in Sweden with Pentecostal roots that ceased to exist in May 2018 after a pastor shot his wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining case studies and theoretical contributions, \u003ci\u003eThe Demise of Religion: How \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligions End, Die, or Dissipate \u003c\/i\u003efills a gap in literature to date and paves the way for future research \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license on \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewww.bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCentre for Advanced Study at th\u003c\/i\u003ee\u003ci\u003e Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Stausberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Religion at the University of Bergen, Norway. His most recent book (co-edited with Steven Engler) is \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStuart A. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice at Lamar University, USA. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eStorming Zion: Government Raids on Religious Communities \u003c\/i\u003e(2016), with Susan J. Palmer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarole M. Cusack\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Studies in Religion at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is currently the Editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Aesthetics \u003c\/i\u003eand is a member of the editorial board of eleven journals.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47503231910066,"sku":"9781350195301","price":78.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/Z17ZziQGmN9781350195301.webp?v=1783682819","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-demise-of-religion-how-religions-end-die-or-dissipate-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}