When social groups compete for members, the resulting dynamics may be understandable with mathematical models. We demonstrate that a simple ordinary differential equation (ODE) model is a good fit for religious shift by comparing it to a new international data set tracking religious nonaffiliation. We then generalize the model to include the possibility of nontrivial social interaction networks...

In standard Albanian studies and Western scholarship, including both the work of religious and political activists and that of less ‘interested’ lay people, historical and textual fact-finding efforts have only confirmed and indeed perpetuated the myth that the thinking of Naim Frashëri was formed and dominated by Bektashism and that his ‘Albanianism’ had a Bektashi foundation. The author inten...

Goold (1997) has argued that the Porter (1980) five-forces framework for industry analysis is not applicable to nonprofits. In light of recent essays (e.g. Miller, 2002) as well as literature from the world of religious nonprofit organizations and organization theory, the Porter framework is analyzed through a review of representative literature. The religious nonprofit arena was chosen for thi...

This article argues that a significant shift is taking place in the sociological study of religion, and seeks to outline its main features. In order to do so it returns to Stephen Warner’s classic article of 1993 which drew a contrast between ‘old’ and ‘new’ paradigms in the sociology of religion. It develops Warner’s analysis by setting these paradigms in their European and American contexts r...

Religion, in both the sense of the institution and religious practices, is embedded in society the social forms of religious life are fully integrated into the structures of society. Secularization is a source of great debate, and is a prominent feature in the sociology of religion literature. The need to examine the extent to which Catholicism in Ireland has been affected by the secular moveme...

The critique of the theory secularisation has favoured emergence a series concepts for analysis contemporary socio-religious transformations, such as ‘culturalised religion’. These categories constitute, in turn, an opportunity to rethink process from perspective historical sociology. Against this background, article carries out theoretical ambiguities Spain which cultural approach religion (‘c...

The existence of a leader greatly determines the progress and retreat country. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods using literature study as data collection technique. Based on analysis data, essence leadership in view Islam can be defined trust which must carried out well held accountable not only this world but also before Allah. According to Philosophy, moral do job based deep...

The Malay World is known as an area inhabited by gentle and peace-loving people. This happens because this has a history of interacting with foreign nations major world religions. However, image peace changed when extremist movements appeared in the name salafi jihad. main objective study to analyze Islam-based sociology extremism based on literature sources. It consists primary secondary sourc...