Jon P Bloch

Biographic Data

ID250013
NAMEJon P Bloch
GIVEN NAMESJon P
FAMILY NAMEBloch
SIGNATUREBLOCH J P
AFFILIATIONSSouthern Connecticut State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS27
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
H-INDEX3

  • The Path of the Devil

    Open AccessJon P BlochARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…2008

  • A Whisper Toward Peace

    Open AccessJon P BlochARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…2008References: 8

    The Council for a Parliament of the World Religions has been meeting since 1993 to foster a global religious ethic toward world peace, based on the premise that major world religions share this ethic in common. Roland Robertson's multidimensional model of globalization is utilized to analyze the Parliament's foundational Declaration, and explore why the Parliament's message is not receiving wider attention. Excerpts from anti-Parliament sources a…

  • New Spirituality, Self, and Belonging

    Michael York, Jon P BlochARTICLESociology of Religion2001

    Journal Article New Spirituality, Self, and Belonging: How New Agers and Neo-Pagans Talk about Themselves by Jon P. Bloch. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998, 136 pp., $55.00 (cloth) Get access Michael York Michael York Bath Spa University College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 62, Issue 3, Fall 2001, Pages 403–404, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712357 Published: 01 October 2001

  • The New and Improved Clint Eastwood

    Jon P BlochARTICLESociology of Religion2000Cited by: 9

    Like other expressions of Christian conservatism, the Promise Keepers (PK) often enact complex and strained relationships between social change and social persistence. These strains are evident in the official PK literature, which employs techniques not unlike those used by mainstream pop psychology. These include the use of “scientific”-like classifications of information, authors presented as “experts” on the topic at hand, and the use of exerc…

  • Alternative Spirituality and Environmentalism

    Jon P BlochARTICLEReview of Religious Research1998Cited by: 11

  • Individualism and Community in Alternative Spiritual 'Magic

    Jon P BlochARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1998Cited by: 5

    Religion has been distinguished from magic for the solidarity offered by the former but not the latter, which by contrast is claimed to emphasize individual needs. However, the contemporary alternative or countercultural spiritual network (e.g., New Age, Neo-Paganism) utilizes beliefs and practice that could be described as magic, while still offering social solidarity. Excerpts from in-depth interviews with 22 alternative spiritualists illustrat…

  • Countercultural Spiritualists' Perceptions of the Goddess

    Jon P BlochARTICLESociology of Religion1997Cited by: 2

    Journal Article Countercultural Spiritualists' Perceptions of the Goddess Get access Jon P. Bloch Jon P. Bloch * Indiana University * Direct correspondence to Jon P. Block, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 58, Issue 2, Summer 1997, Pages 181–190, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711876 Published: 01 July 1997

  • Mosques and Muslim Settlement in Australia

    Jon P Bloch, G Bouma et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research1996

  • The Role of Church Assemblies in Building a Civil Society

    James R Wood, Jon P BlochARTICLESociology of Religion1995

    This paper argues that church assemblies, as examples of “private legislatures,” help to build a civil society by modeling civility in discourse on controversial societal issues and by devising concrete means for effecting the resolution of those issues. We examine the UMC General Conference's debate on homosexuality and the products of that debate