Social Theory and ReligionCambridge University Press, 21. avg. 2003 - 252 strani Many aspects of religion are puzzling these days. This 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, James A. Beckford reviews the current state of social scientific knowledge about religion. |
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... concepts of religion are extended , challenged or rejected . Finally , it means taking seriously the changes that occur over time in everyday conceptualisations of religion . The approach that I am taking to the social scientific study ...
... concepts of religion are extended , challenged or rejected . Finally , it means taking seriously the changes that occur over time in everyday conceptualisations of religion . The approach that I am taking to the social scientific study ...
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... concept of late - modernity offers an interesting inter- pretation of New Age phenomena but , unless it is combined ... concepts ' value . By comparison , I shall devote little space to questions of research strategies and methods . In ...
... concept of late - modernity offers an interesting inter- pretation of New Age phenomena but , unless it is combined ... concepts ' value . By comparison , I shall devote little space to questions of research strategies and methods . In ...
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... concept and as an ideolog- ical position . The chapter urges social scientific students of religion to pay close ... concepts , there is a strong tendency for social the- orists to simplify , and to exaggerate the significance of ...
... concept and as an ideolog- ical position . The chapter urges social scientific students of religion to pay close ... concepts , there is a strong tendency for social the- orists to simplify , and to exaggerate the significance of ...
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Religion a social constructionist approach | 11 |
Secularisation | 30 |
The vagaries of religious pluralism | 73 |
Globalisation and religion | 103 |
Social theory and religious movements | 150 |
Constructing religion self and society | 193 |
Notes | 216 |
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