Foundations and futures in the sociology of religion / edited by Luke Doggett and Alp Arat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doggett, Luke, editor.

Arat, Alp, editor.

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.

Physical Description:

xii, 217 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Contents:

Introduction : foundations and futures / Luke Doggett and Alp Arat

Part I. Marking the territory

Sociological approaches to religion in Britain / Grace Davie

Postsecularism : in defence of a fashionable theory / Alp Arat

Media and religion : bridging 'incompatible agendas' / Mia Lövheim

Part II. Institutions and agency

Secularisation : with added agency / Linda Woodhead

Secularisation and de-institutionalised religion : future directions / Gladys Ganiel

Lived religion and sexuality : future directions / Sarah-Jane Page

Part III. Embodied and material religion

On things seen and unseen: enlarging the vision in sociology of religion / Nancy T. Ammerman

Futures in fashion : modest fashion practices and influence / Reina Lewis

'So that you've got something for yourself' : knitting as implicit spirituality / Anna Fisk

Part IV. Religious dimensions of social life

Researching the religious dimensions of social life : the sacred and the social uses of moral meaning in contemporary society / Gordon Lynch

Embodying the sacred : understanding responses to human trafficking / Amy M. Russell

Sacralised conflict and ordinary ethics : Palestine-Israel in British Universities / Ruth Sheldon

Conclusion : challenges facing the sociology of religion : the past and the future are not what they used to be / James A. Beckford.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138092327

1138092320

OCLC:

991189937