Introduction: the state of the sociology of religion-- Part I. Theoretical Frameworks: The Problem of Religion in Sociology: 1. Religion, religions and the body-- 2. Emile Durkheim and the classification of religion-- 3. Max Weber and comparative religion-- 4. Talcott Parsons and the expressive revolution-- 5. Mary Douglas and modern primitives-- 6. Pierre Bourdieu and religious practice-- Part II. Religion, State and Post-Secularity: 7. The secularization thesis-- 8. Legal pluralism, religion and multiculturalism-- 9. Managing religions: liberal and authoritarian states-- 10. Religious speech: on ineffable communication-- 11. Spiritualities: the media, feminism and consumerism-- 12. Religion, globalisation and cosmopolitanism-- 13. Civil religion, citizenship and the business cycle-- 14. The globalisation of piety.