{"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\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by the\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCentre for Advanced Study at th\u003c\/i\u003ee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhy do religions fail or die? Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores this important question that has received little scholarly attention to date. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/p\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":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52752071328051,"sku":"9781350195301","price":84.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TzBaYWNPWWVuS3grck5qaUdZakZ5Zz09.webp?v=1764324158","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-demise-of-religion-how-religions-end-die-or-dissipate-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}