1st Edition

The Need for Certainty A Sociological Study of Conventional Religion

By Robert Towler Copyright 1984
138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1984, The Need for Certainty explores the different ways in which people can be religious within the conventional traditions of the main Christian denominations. Based on in-depth analysis of letters sent to John Robinson, then Bishop of Woolwich, after the publication of his book Honest to God, The Need for Certainty describes five contrasting ways of being... Read more
Preface; 1: Varieties of Religion; 2: Exemplarism; 3: Conversionism; 4: Theism; 5: Gnosticism; 6: Traditionalism; 7: Implications and Conclusions; Notes; Appendix; Index

Biography

Robert Towler