{"product_id":"the-demise-of-religion-michael-stausberg-9781350195301","title":"The Demise of Religion: How Religions End, Die, or Dissipate","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Stausberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350195308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350195301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"Michael Stausberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075587633407,"sku":"9781350195301","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ce931c2-ab41-4765-b72b-4ea217dcc78d.jpg?v=1685460309","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-demise-of-religion-michael-stausberg-9781350195301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}