Social Theory and ReligionCambridge University Press, 21. avg. 2003 Many aspects of religion are puzzling these days. This 2003 book looks at ways of improving our understanding of religious change by strengthening the links between social theory and the social scientific study of religion. It clarifies the social processes involved in constructing religion and non-religion in public and private life. Taking illustrations of the importance of these boundaries from studies of secularisation, religious diversity, globalisation, religious movements and self-identity, Beckford reviews social scientific knowledge about religion and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of a wide range of theoretical attempts to account for religious change and continuity. The discussion goes in two directions. The first is towards identifying ways in which studies of religion would benefit from taking better account of themes in recent social theory. The second is towards identifying reasons for social theorists to pay more attention to the findings of empirical investigations of religion. |
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... ideological wellsprings of the widely differing ideas that bubble upinarguments about the decline of religion.The second halfofthe chapter analysesin detail thesixmain clusters ofideasthatI detectinthese arguments. They range ...
... ideological wellsprings of the widely differing ideas that bubble upinarguments about the decline of religion.The second halfofthe chapter analysesin detail thesixmain clusters ofideasthatI detectinthese arguments. They range ...
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... ideological position. Thechapter urges social scientific students of religion to pay close attention torelationsof power and conflict between religious groups, forthese issues are all too easily masked by uncritical usageof'pluralism ...
... ideological position. Thechapter urges social scientific students of religion to pay close attention torelationsof power and conflict between religious groups, forthese issues are all too easily masked by uncritical usageof'pluralism ...
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... ideology,worldview, culture or ethnicity. Thus, thefact that Shinto and Christianity conventionally belongtothe category ofreligion may actually obscure the differences between their respective modes of operation in Japan. Specialists ...
... ideology,worldview, culture or ethnicity. Thus, thefact that Shinto and Christianity conventionally belongtothe category ofreligion may actually obscure the differences between their respective modes of operation in Japan. Specialists ...
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... ideology couldbe redrawn in orderto better understand particular situations. Another reasonfor suspending belief inthe idea that religion somehow exists independently from its social constructions isthat thereislittle agreement on the ...
... ideology couldbe redrawn in orderto better understand particular situations. Another reasonfor suspending belief inthe idea that religion somehow exists independently from its social constructions isthat thereislittle agreement on the ...
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Secularisation 3 Thevagariesof religious pluralism | |
Socialtheory and religious movements | |
Constructing religion selfand society Notes | |
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aboutthe analysis andthe approach argument assumptions asthe Beckford Berger boundary challenge charismatic Charismatic movements Christian Church claims collective concept conceptualisations context countries cults debates decline developments distinctive ethnic everyday evidence example faith communities formof forms fundamentalism fundamentalist Giddens global globalisation human identity ideological individualisation individuals institutions interest inthe inwhich isan ISKCON isthat itis Jehovah’s Witnesses laïcité mass media meaning modern modernisation Muslims notions NRMs ofreligion ofreligious ofsocial ofthe onthe particular Pentecostal perspective phenomena pluralism political postmodern practices privatisation processes rational choice rational choice theory rationalisation relations relatively religious beliefs religious change religious diversity religious movements religious organisations religious pluralism religiousmovements sacred scientists secular secularisation selfreflexivity sense significance social construction social constructionism social movements social scientific studies social theory sociological sociology of religion Soka Gakkai International sphere spirituality study of religion suchas supposedly thatare thatreligion thatthe theoretical ideas theorists tobe tothe tradition