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Social theory and religion /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Social theory and religion // James A. Beckford.
其他題名:	Social Theory & Religion
作者:	Beckford, James A.,
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (ix, 252 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
附註:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
標題:	Religion and sociology. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511520754
ISBN:	9780511520754 (ebook)

Social theory and religion /
Beckford, James A.,

Social theory and religion /Social Theory & ReligionJames A. Beckford. - 1 online resource (ix, 252 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction -- 1. Religion: a social constructionist approach -- 2. Secularisation -- 3. The vagaries of religious pluralism -- 4. Globalisation and religion -- 5. Social theory and religious movements -- 6. Constructing religion, self and society.

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.

ISBN: 9780511520754 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

578047
Religion and sociology.

LC Class. No.: BL60 / .B34 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 306.6

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