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Ferment without synthesis

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  1. Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, Coventry, England

    James A. Beckford (professor of sociology)

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His most recent publication isReligion and Advanced Industrial Society (London: Unwin Hyman, 1989).

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Beckford, J.A. Ferment without synthesis. Am Soc 21, 283–285 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692428

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