A sociology of spirituality / edited by Kieran Flanagan, Peter C. Jupp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flanagan, Kieran, 1944-

Jupp, Peter C.

Series:

Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective. Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective series in association with the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group

Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective series in association with the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology.

Spirituality.

Physical Description:

xiv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction / Kieran Flanagan

Spirituality : some disciplinary perspectives / Peter R. Holmes

The spiritual revolution : another false dawn for the sacred / David Voas and Steve Bruce

The holistic milieu and spirituality : reflections on on Voas and Bruce / Paul Heelas

Beyond secularisation versus sacralisation : lessons from a study of the Dutch case / André Droogers

Spirituality on the margin of the church : Christian spiritual centres in the Netherlands / Peter Versteeg

Why so many women in holistic spirituality? : a puzzle revisited / Linda Woodhead

Contentious headscarves : spirituality and the state in the twenty-first century / Paul Chambers

Georg Simmel : religion and spirituality / Ivan Varga

Spirituality : from a religious concept to a sociological theory / Giuseppe Giordan

In search of spiritual capital : the spiritual as a cultural resource / Mathew Guest

The embodied spirituality of the post-boomer generations / Richard W. Flory and Donald E. Miller

Visual spirituality : an eye for religion / Kieran Flanagan

Conclusion / Kieran Flanagan and Peter C. Jupp.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754654583

9780754654582

OCLC:

70668641