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Religion in Postindustrial America:  The Problem of Secularization Talcott Parsons Talcott Parsons is Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. His books include The Structure of Social Action (1949), The Social System (1951), and The System of Modern Societies (1971). He is currently at work on The American Societal Community. Back To Top Religion in a Secular Society Andrew M. Greeley Andrew M. Greeley is Director of the Center for the Study of American Pluralism at the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago. He is the author of the Denominational Society (1972) and the New Agenda (1973). His Ethnicity in the United States will be published this fall. Back To Top Religious Behavior:  Its Social Dimension in American History Martin E. Marty Martin E. Marty is Professor of the History of Modern Christianity, University of Chicago. The author of Righteous Empire (1970) and many other books, he is currently working on A Nation of Behavers: Collective Religious Behavior in 20th-Century America. Back To Top From Karl Barth to Theology Gabriel Vahanian Gabriel Vahanian is Jeannette K. Watson Professor of Religion and Director of Graduate Studies at Syracuse University. He is the author of The Death of God (1961), Wait Without Idols (1964), and No Other God (1966). Back To Top Terrorism as Strategy and Ecstasy William F. May William F. May, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University, wrote A Catalogue of Sins: A Contemporary Examination of Christian Conscience (1967). Back To Top Ideology, Authority, and the Development of Cultic Movements Roy Wallis Roy Wallis, Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Stirling, is working on a sociological analysis of Scientology.  Back To Top The Prophet and the Marrano:  Two Ways of Religious Being in the Soviet Union Richard Lourie Richard Lourie is a Fellow of the Society for the Humanities, Cornell University. His Letters to the Future: A Study of Sinyavsky/Tertz will be published this fall. Back To Top The Scope of "The Religious Factor" and the Sociology of Religion: Notes on Definition, Idolatry and Magic Louis Schneider Louis Schneider is Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. Among other books, he wrote Sociological Approach to Religion (1970) and co-edited The Idea of Culture in the Social Sciences (1973). Back To Top Contemporary Psychology of Religion:  The Task of Theoretical Reconstruction Donald Capps Donald Capps is Assistant Professor in the Divinity School, University of Chicago. He is working on a book titled Psychology of Religion: Basic Foundations. Back To Top

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