ISBN:
9780521858649
,
9780521675321
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxvii, 344 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Religion and Modern Society : Citizenship, Secularisation and the State
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Globalization Religious aspects
;
Secularism
;
Religion and sociology
;
Religion and state
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
A unique historical and comparative analysis of the place of religion in the emergence of modern secular society
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 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, globalization and cosmopolitanism; 13. Civil religion, citizenship and the business cycle; 14. The globalization of piety.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
