Sociology of religion : an historical introduction / Roberto Cipriani ; translated by Laura Ferrarotti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cipriani, Roberto.

Standardized Title:

Manuale di sociologia della religione. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology.

Physical Description:

ix, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Aldine de Gruyter, [2000]

Contents:

The Sociological Definition of Religion 1

Part I The Origins

1 The Historical-Philosophical Background 13

2 The Universal Religion of Auguste Comte (1798-1857) 27

3 Tocqueville (1805-1859): Religion and Democracy 33

4 Bergson (1859-1941): Religion and "Elan Vital" 37

5 The Contribution of Anthropology 43

Part II The Classics

1 Durkheim's (1858-1917) Religious Forms 65

2 Weber's (1864-1920) Universal Religions 75

3 Religiosity and Religion in Simmel (1858-1918) 87

4 Freud (1856-1939): The Psychic Dimension of Religion 93

5 Religion in William James's (1842-1910) Psychosocial Perspective 103

Part III The Contemporaries

1 Religion as Universal 111

2 The Macrosociological Approach 117

3 The Historical-Cultural Dynamics 123

4 The Frankfurt School and Religion 139

5 The New European Perspectives 143

6 The Socioanthropological Perspectives 153

Part IV Recent Developments

1 Secularization 167

2 Religious Pluralism 179

3 Civil Religion in Robert Bellah (1927-) 185

4 North American Trends 191

5 The European Trends 207

6 Religion as Function in the Work of Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998) 225

7 The New Religious Movements 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-269) and indexes.

ISBN:

0202305910

0202305929

OCLC:

43615549