SCM Core Text Sociology of Religion
Sociology of Religion
1st Edition
Published on 25. January 2013
256 pages
978-0-334-04770-4 (ISBN)
Description
Sociology of Religion is an increasingly popular component of courses in religious studies at undergraduate level. While most textbooks on the Sociology of Religion are written from a sociological background, this new student-friendly textbook aims to introduce the field and the subjects studied by sociologists of religion to students with a background in theology and religious studies.
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Andrew Dawson
SCM Core Text: Sociology of Religion
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04/2011
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Settling into the Discipline: Thinking Sociologically
- 2 Religion in Sociological Perspective
- 3 The Classical Legacy: Marx, Durkheim and Weber
- 4 Religion Down and Out? Theories of Secularization
- 5 Neither Down nor Out? Ongoing Religiosity in Modern Society
- 6 Religion, Ideology and Gender
- 7 'In with the New': New Religiosities in Sociological Perspective
- 8 Religion for Sale: Market Dynamics and Contemporary Religiosity
- 9 Religious Fundamentalisms: Religion Ancient and Modern?
- 10 Globalization, Religion and Modernity
- Bibliography
- Index
