Social Theory and ReligionMany aspects of religion are puzzling these days. This book looks at ways of improving our understanding of religious change by strengthening the links between social theory and the social scientific study of religion. It clarifies the social processes involved in constructing religion and non-religion in public and private life. Taking illustrations of the importance of these boundaries from studies of secularisation, religious diversity, globalisation, religious movements and self-identity, James A. Beckford reviews the current state of social scientific knowledge about religion. |
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Contenido
Religion a social constructionist approach | 11 |
Secularisation | 30 |
The vagaries of religious pluralism | 73 |
Globalisation and religion | 103 |
Social theory and religious movements | 150 |
Constructing religion self and society | 193 |
Notes | 216 |
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Making Islam Democratic: Social Movements and the Post-Islamist Turn Asef Bayat Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Theorising Religion: Classical and Contemporary Debates James A. Beckford,John Walliss Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Social Theory and Religion Social Theory and Religion, James A. Beckford |
| Autor | James A. Beckford |
| Edición | ilustrada, reimpresa |
| Editor | Cambridge University Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0521774314, 9780521774314 |
| Largo | 252 páginas |
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