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The World's Religions in Figures
Brian J. Grim, Todd M. Johnson
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Allgemeines, Lexika
Beschreibung
Created by two of the field's leading experts, this unique introduction to international religious demography outlines the challenges in interpreting data on religious adherence, and presents a contemporary portrait of global religious belief. * Offers the first comprehensive overview of the field of international religious demography - detailing what we know about religious adherents around the world, and how we know it * Examines religious freedom and diversity, including agnostics and atheists, on a global scale, highlighting trends over the past 100 years and projecting estimates for the year 2050 * Outlines the issues and challenges related to definitions, taxonomies, sources, analyses, and other techniques in interpreting data on religious adherence * Considers data from religious communities, censuses, surveys, and scholarly research, along with several in-depth case studies on the global Muslim population, religion in China, and the religious demography of recently created Sudan and South Sudan * Argues against the belief that the twentieth-century was a 'secular' period by putting forward new evidence to the contrary * Provides resources for measuring both qualitatively and quantitatively important data on the world's religious situation in the twenty-first century
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"Todd Johnson and Brian Grim have produced asynthesis of statistics and commentary that will stand as alandmark in the quantitative study of world religions."
"A very scholarly book with huge amounts of data includedin it but with a major contribution to the methodology of takingforward religious demography as a discipline. TheWorld's Religions in Figuresis strongly recommended for anylibrary with a focus on religion, sociology or worldpolitics."
"Todd Johnson and Brian Grim have produced a synthesis ofstatistics and commentary that will stand as a landmark in thequantitative study of world religions."
"And in my opinion, this book is a must read for everyoneinterested in the field of international religiousdemography."
"This book is a comprehensive introduction to religiousdemography, both by way of method and by way of data andresults."
"It is a technical, critical volume. For those whoare seriously engaged in demographic studies and the manner inwhich international religious traditions have developed, and arenow developing, this book will have value and significance. It is a remarkable achievement."
"Johnson and Grim's book is the benchmark for research ondemography and religion. Their comprehensive discussion of complexissues such as methodology, religious identities, anddiffering measurements, appeals to scholars in manydisciplines working on religion and demographics. Thisbook is going to be the resource future generations of scholarswill build on."
"I recommend this substantial volume for two reasons: itcontains a huge amount of useful information; it is also veryreadable. As Peter Berger indicates in his Foreword, this isnot a book to be read from cover to cover but rather to be kept athand for reference. True enough. Butonce launched, I found it hard to stop -- the narrative iscompelling."
"Todd Johnson and Brian Grim are the masters ofinternational religious demographers. This book is the result ofmany years of painstaking research. Here is a body of data andinterpretations unmatched anywhere. It is must reading for anyoneinterested in the shape of religion in the contemporaryworld."
"Johnson and Grim's book is the benchmark for research ondemography and religion. Their comprehensive discussion of complexissues such as methodology, religious identities, anddiffering measurements, appeals to scholars in manydisciplines working on religion and demographics. Thisbook is going to be the resource future generations of scholarswill build on."
"I recommend this substantial volume for two reasons: itcontains a huge amount of useful information; it is also veryreadable. As Peter Berger indicates in his Foreword, this isnot a book to be read from cover to cover but rather to be kept athand for reference. True enough. Butonce launched, I found it hard to stop -- the narrative iscompelling."
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Religion & Theology, Weltreligion, Religion u. Theologie