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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... tothe social scientific study of religion is, broadly speaking, a 'social constructionist' one. Letmetrytobeclear aboutmyuse of this phrase. It recurs frequently in the language of social scientists and studentsof culture, but there ...
... tothe social scientific study of religion is, broadly speaking, a 'social constructionist' one. Letmetrytobeclear aboutmyuse of this phrase. It recurs frequently in the language of social scientists and studentsof culture, but there ...
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... tothe social contexts in which it is used. The centraltheme of thisbookis thatdisputes and conflicts about the social meaning ofreligion remain lively in the earlytwentyfirst century, whereas discussion of religion in social theory ...
... tothe social contexts in which it is used. The centraltheme of thisbookis thatdisputes and conflicts about the social meaning ofreligion remain lively in the earlytwentyfirst century, whereas discussion of religion in social theory ...
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... to the absenceofareligious monopoly and tothe strengthof religious pluralism,the debate prompted a sceptical response from Breault (1989) ontechnical grounds, an alternative approach tointerpreting the history ofchurch ...
... to the absenceofareligious monopoly and tothe strengthof religious pluralism,the debate prompted a sceptical response from Breault (1989) ontechnical grounds, an alternative approach tointerpreting the history ofchurch ...
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... tothe subtlety, variety and complexity of religious phenomena. This is not a pretext for abandoning allnotions ofthe global, however. On thecontrary, it isa pleafor conceptual clarity andfor greater familiarity withthe findingsof ...
... tothe subtlety, variety and complexity of religious phenomena. This is not a pretext for abandoning allnotions ofthe global, however. On thecontrary, it isa pleafor conceptual clarity andfor greater familiarity withthe findingsof ...
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... tothe uses that individual and collective actors make oftheterm. If thereis an objection to my strategyon thegrounds that it fails to demarcate the boundaries ofreligion with sufficient clarity,my response is that the everydaypractice ...
... tothe uses that individual and collective actors make oftheterm. If thereis an objection to my strategyon thegrounds that it fails to demarcate the boundaries ofreligion with sufficient clarity,my response is that the everydaypractice ...
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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