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Studying Religion and Society : Sociological Self-Portraits

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

Online-Ressource (220 p)

Englisch

Cover; STUDYING RELIGION AND SOCIETY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; 1 Introduction: on sociological self-reflection; 2 A life in religious communities; 3 Stranger in a strange land; 4 Doing sociology: confessions of a professional stranger; 5 Constructing religion: serendipity and skepticism; 6 Straddling boundaries: disciplines, theories, methods, and continents; 7 Work and adventure: from poetry to the sociology of religion; 8 Unintended consequences biographical and sociological; 9 Serendipity in the study of religion and society

10 Thinking sociologically about religion: discerning and explaining pattern11 Hurdling over borders: reflections on my intellectual trajectory; 12 The empiricist's tale: academic wanderlust and the comparative imperative; 13 My specific form of disorientation; 14 Engaged faith: my own and that of others; 15 Studying Protestantism in a Catholic and secular context: lessons for a comparative sociology of religion; 16 Side roads and detours: a narrative reconstruction about studying religion; Index;

Introduction : on sociological self-reflection / Titus Hjelm and Phil Zuckerman

A life in religious communities / Nancy Ammerman

Stranger in a strange land / William Sims Bainbridge

Doing sociology : confessions of a professional stranger / Eileen Barker

Constructing religion : serendipity and skepticism / James a. Beckford

Straddling boundaries : disciplines, theories, methods, and continents / Peter Beyer

Work and adventure: from poetry to sociology of religion / Irena Borowik

Unintended consequences biographical and sociological / Steve Bruce

Serendipity in the study of religion and society / Mark Chaves

Thinking sociologically about religion : discerning and explaining pattern / Grace Davie

Hurdling over borders : reflections on my intellectual trajectory / Karel Dobbelaere

Counting and accounting for worldviews : doing surveys and social research on four continents / Barry Kosmin

My specific form of disorientation / Robert Orsi

Engaged faith; my own and of those I study / Wade Clark Roof

Studying Protestantism in a Catholic and secular context : lessons for a comparative sociology of religion / Jean-Paul Willaime

Side roads and detours : a narrative reconstruction about studying religion / Robert Wuthnow

Description based upon print version of record

Print version: Studying Religion and Society : Sociological Self-Portraits

978-0-415-66798-2 ; 978-0-415-66797-5 (hbk)

978-0-415-66797-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

741499940

978-1-135-12149-5 ( : 125 (NL,TX))

BL60 .S833 2013 ; BL60

306.6071 ; 306.6071     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Religion and sociology -- Study and teaching

Religion and sociology ; Study and teaching ; Electronic books

How do you study religion and society? In this fascinating book, some of the most famous names in the field explain how they go about their everyday work of studying religions in the field. They explain how the ideas for their projects and books have come together, how their understanding of religion has changed over the years, and how their own beliefs have affected their work. They also comment on the changing nature of the field, the ideas which they regard as most important, and those which have not stood the test of time. Lastly they offer advice to young scholars, and suggest what needs