Showing papers by "Bryan S. Turner published in 1970"
Dissertation•
01 Jan 1970
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the decline of Methodism at two levels of analysis, namely individual reli, ious commitment and church organization, and argue that the decline may be understood as a "pullal from a systematic and intense involvement in a tie path to salvation to a style of personal religiosity which--is 'entirely-, congruent with the day-to-day needs of economic sübSitrtence', " f
Abstract: The thesis examines the decline of Methodism at two levels of analysis, namely individual reli, ious commitment and church organization. Religious commitment ie postulated to const. st of t1-ree core dimensions of belief, practice and experience. Socioloists have tradit . onally argued that, wh11e religious' ritüai presupposes a system of beliefs, fnvölvemerit in communal ritual reaffirms and strengthens shared beliefs. '_-One con equence of this theoretical focus on belief and -ractice'häs"been thät their_ importavnt relationships with'religious experience have been sonn what` negifcted. tt it. " argued, in th`p thesis that exrerience; like-Tract ce; confir*tlS religiot"s belief; while ritiiä1 `can ` tünuläý. e and' 'oster' pö erful emötik"e experiences. ' On the basis of this conceptual framework, the decline of N'ethodi. st_co*. mitment. is traced historically in. -termsfof-these dimensions of relitiousness... _ TI-6 c2zrtaiiment of tre °eth66ist emrhas s on pers4äl'exrerinnce and the undermining of disciplined personal and püblie präetice resulted in uncertainty'of beli^f. ' T-is decline may be understood as a '^ithdrawal from a systematic and intense involvement in tie path to salvation to a style of personal religiosity which--is 'entirely-, congruent with the day-to-day needs of economic sübSitrtence-, " fä. milia1