Social Theory and ReligionCambridge University Press, 2003 M08 21 - 252 páginas Many 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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... form which may act as the vehicle of change , challenge , or conservation . Consequently , reli- gion has become less predictable . The capacity to mobilize people and material resources remains strong , but it is likely to be mobilized ...
... form which may act as the vehicle of change , challenge , or conservation . Consequently , reli- gion has become less predictable . The capacity to mobilize people and material resources remains strong , but it is likely to be mobilized ...
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... forms that are not pre - constructed by human culture . I am certainly not denying a priori the possibility that religion is some form of ' basic ' - in the sense of anthropologically necessary - impulse or need , although I do not find ...
... forms that are not pre - constructed by human culture . I am certainly not denying a priori the possibility that religion is some form of ' basic ' - in the sense of anthropologically necessary - impulse or need , although I do not find ...
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... forms of religion and spiri- tuality are supposed to bear a strong family resemblance to new social and cultural forms of work and employment , leisure activities and inti- mate relationships . The argument is that a particular logic or ...
... forms of religion and spiri- tuality are supposed to bear a strong family resemblance to new social and cultural forms of work and employment , leisure activities and inti- mate relationships . The argument is that a particular logic or ...
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... forms of religion . Chapter Three is an ex- tended critique of the tendency of some social scientists to conceal these struggles behind a problematic use of the term ' pluralism ' . The main argument begins with the claim that ...
... forms of religion . Chapter Three is an ex- tended critique of the tendency of some social scientists to conceal these struggles behind a problematic use of the term ' pluralism ' . The main argument begins with the claim that ...
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... forms of religion . The conclud- ing section discusses a range of anthropological and sociological studies that demonstrate the usefulness of thinking critically about the mutual connections between religion and globalisation . The ...
... forms of religion . The conclud- ing section discusses a range of anthropological and sociological studies that demonstrate the usefulness of thinking critically about the mutual connections between religion and globalisation . The ...
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 |