"National Book Award-winning author and historian Martin E. Marty's A Nation of Behavers is a characteristically perceptive new map of American religion. . . . Marty's years of astute observation of America's religious trends and developments have yielded six informal but clearly defined clusters around which people attempt to find not only basic group identity but also some kind of power. Anyone concerned about belief and its manifestations will be immensely aided by Marty's cogent comments on recent religious happenings ...
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"National Book Award-winning author and historian Martin E. Marty's A Nation of Behavers is a characteristically perceptive new map of American religion. . . . Marty's years of astute observation of America's religious trends and developments have yielded six informal but clearly defined clusters around which people attempt to find not only basic group identity but also some kind of power. Anyone concerned about belief and its manifestations will be immensely aided by Marty's cogent comments on recent religious happenings."-- Commonweal "This is a book for everyone, more than for the scholar of American religion. . . . Its value is in breadth of vision and new interpretation."--Dean R. Hoge, Theology Today "As a means of making sense out of the potpourri of competing groups that compose religious America today, A Nation of Behavers is a first-rate tool."--Edward A. Fiske, New York Times
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Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Boards and spine tight. Some rubbing and edge wear to jacket. Previous owner name to fly leaf. No other apparent marks. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. 239 p. Audience: General/trade. Clean, unread copy in Very Good + condition (almost Near Fine). Name written on fly-sheet, but no marking or writing in the book-text is completely clean, and the book appears unread. Covers are clean and show only very slight shelf wear. Binding is firm. Dust jacket shows only light shelf wear.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Chicago, 1976. Octavo. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good and price-clipped with edgewear/tears with spotting to page ends and black publisher's mark. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
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Good. Size: 8x5x0; Hardback with dust jacket in good condition, but does have some notations, and marked and underlined passages. Light shelf and use wear, and a prior owner's name written on front end paper. Still a good readable, usable copy!
