1 option
The sociology of religion / Grace Davie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davie, Grace.
- Series:
- New horizons in sociology
- BSA new horizons in sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and sociology.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 283 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : SAGE, [2007]
- Summary:
- Why is religion still important? Can we be fully modern and fully religious? The Sociology of Religion works at two levels. First it sets out the agenda - covering the key questions in the sociology of religion today. At the same time, it interrogates this agenda - asking if the sociology of religion, as we currently know it, is 'fit for purpose'. If not, what is to be done?
- This book: describes the origins of the sociology of religion, demystifies secularization as a process and a theory, relates religion to modern social theory, unpacks the meaning of religion in relation to modernity and globalization, grasps the methodological challenges in the field, provides a comparative perspective for religions in the west, introduces questions of minorities and margins, sets out a critical agenda for debate and research. In a single volume, Grace Davie captures the nature and forms of modern religion, the current debates in the field and the prospects for future development.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: a critical agenda 1
- Part I Theoretical perspectives 23
- Chapter 2 Common sources/different pathways 25
- Chapter 3 Secularization: process and theory 46
- Chapter 4 Rational choice theory 67
- Chapter 5 Modernity: a single or plural construct? 89
- Chapter 6 Methodological challenges 111
- Part II Substantive issues 133
- Chapter 7 Mainstream religions in the western world 135
- Chapter 8 Minorities and margins 158
- Chapter 9 Demanding attention: fundamentalisms in the modern world 181
- Chapter 10 Globalization and the study of religion 202
- Chapter 11 Religion and the everyday 224
- Chapter 12 Conclusion: revisiting the agenda 245.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780761948919
- 0761948910
- 0761948929
- 9780761948926
- OCLC:
- 77257193
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.