In Society, Spirituality, and the Sacred, Swenson draws on both Webers Charisma and Routinization of Charisma and Thomas ODeas Dilemmas of the Institutionalization of Religion to reveal how religion has both a positive and negative effect on people. Movin
Acknowledgements List of Figures Part One: World Views, Social Boundaries, Religious Experiences, and Institutions 1. The Definitional and Theoretical Bases for the Social Scientific Study of Religion 2. Religious Experience 3.