ISBN:
0521773369
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0521774314
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9780521773362
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9780521774314
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 252 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Spickard, James V. Social Theory and Religion, by James A. Beckford. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 252 pp., 45 cloth, 16.95 paper 2004
Parallel Title:
Print version Social Theory and Religion
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Religion and sociology
Abstract:
This 2003 book explores the links between social theory and the social scientific study of religion
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Religion: a social constructionist approach; Introduction; What counts as religion?; Is religion generic?; The everyday and the scientific; Conclusion; 2 Secularisation; Introduction; History of the concept; Main clusters of ideas about secularisation; Conclusions; 3 The vagaries of religious pluralism; Conceptual clarification; The legacy of the 1960s; Recent clarification of 'pluralism' in the sociology of religion; Religious 'pluralism', policies and prison; Conclusions; 4 Globalisation and religion
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction'Religion is good to think with'; The uses of 'globality' and 'globalisation' for religious purposes; Social theorists of globalisation: a selection; Problems and opportunities; Conclusion; 5 Social theory and religious movements; Social and political contexts; The neglect of religious movements in social theory; Cognition, consciousness and consistency; Marxist theory and religious movements; 'New social movement' theory; Religious movements as social movements; Rational choice theory; Culture and identity; Conclusion; 6 Constructing religion, self and society
Description / Table of Contents:
Construction and contestationReligion, self and society - new theoretical leads; Individualisation and context; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-246) and index
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