A Systems Theory of Religion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luhmann, Niklas.

Contributor:

Brenner, David.

Hermann, Adrian.

Kieserling, André.

Series:

Cultural Memory in the Present

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology.

Social systems.

System theory.

Local Subjects:

Religion and sociology.

Social systems.

System theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 p.)

Place of Publication:

Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Systems Theory of Religion, still unfinished at Niklas Luhmann's death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the editorial work of André Kieserling. One of Luhmann's most important projects, it exemplifies his later work while redefining the subject matter of the sociology of religion. Religion, for Luhmann, is one of the many functionally differentiated social systems that make up modern society. All such subsystems consist entirely of communications and all are ""autopoietic,"" which is to say, self-organizing and self-generating. Here, Luhmann expla

Contents:

Cover; Series Page; Contents; Editor's Note; 1. Religion as a Form of Meaning; 2. Coding; 3. The Function of Religion; 4. The Contingency Formula "God"; 5. The Differentiation of Religious Communication; 6. Religious Organizations; 7. The Evolution of Religion; 8. Secularization; 9. Self-Description; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780804787932

080478793X

OCLC:

828793655