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In this new edition, Davie follows up her discussion of the meaning of religion in modern society and considers how best to research and understand this relationship. Exploring the rapid movements within the sociology of religion today, this revised and updated book:
. Describes the origins of the sociology of religion
. Demystifies secularization as a process and a theory
. Relates religion to modern social theory
. Unpacks the meaning of religion in relation to modernity and globalization
. Grasps the methodological challenges in the field
. Provides a comparative perspective for religions in the west
. Introduces questions of minorities and margins
. Sets out a critical agenda for debate and research
The Sociology of Religion has already proved itself as one of the most important titles within the field; this edition will ensure that it remains an indispensable resource for students and researchers alike.
In this new edition, Davie follows up her discussion of the meaning of religion in modern society and considers how best to research and understand this relationship. Exploring the rapid movements within the sociology of religion today, this revised and updated book:
. Describes the origins of the sociology of religion
. Demystifies secularization as a process and a theory
. Relates religion to modern social theory
. Unpacks the meaning of religion in relation to modernity and globalization
. Grasps the methodological challenges in the field
. Provides a comparative perspective for religions in the west
. Introduces questions of minorities and margins
. Sets out a critical agenda for debate and research
The Sociology of Religion has already proved itself as one of the most important titles within the field; this edition will ensure that it remains an indispensable resource for students and researchers alike.
GRACE DAVIE is professor emeritus in the Sociology of Religion at the University of Exeter UK She is a past-president of the American Association for the Sociology of Religion (2003) and of the Research Committee 22 (Sociology of Religion) of the International Sociological Association (2002-06).
In 2000-01 she was the Kerstin-Hesselgren Professor at Uppsala, where she returned for extended visits in 2006-7, 2010 and 2012, receiving an honorary degree in 2008. She has also held visiting appointments at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (1996) and at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (1998 and 2003), both in Paris. She is a member of the Academia Europaea.
In addition to numerous chapters and articles, she is the author of Religion in Britain since 1945 (Blackwell 1994), Religion in Modern Europe (OUP 2000), Europe: the Exceptional Case (DLT 2002), The Sociology of Religion (Sage 2007/2013) and Religion in Britain: A Persistent Paradox (Wiley-Blackwell 2015); she is the co-author of Religious America, Secular Europe (Ashgate 2008), and co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe (OUP forthcoming).
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Preface to the First Edition
Introduction: A Critical Agenda
PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
Common Sources/Different Pathways
Secularization: Process and Theory
Rational Choice Theory
Modernity: A Single or Plural Construct?
Methodological Challenges
PART TWO: SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
Mainstream Religions in the Western World
Minorities and Margins
Demanding Attention: Fundamentalisms in the Modern World
Globalization and the Study of Religion
Religion and the Everyday
Conclusion: Revisiting the Agenda
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 328 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781849205870 |
| ISBN-10: | 1849205876 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Davie, Grace |
| Hersteller: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Maße: | 233 x 157 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Grace Davie |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.01.2013 |
| Gewicht: | 0,506 kg |
GRACE DAVIE is professor emeritus in the Sociology of Religion at the University of Exeter UK She is a past-president of the American Association for the Sociology of Religion (2003) and of the Research Committee 22 (Sociology of Religion) of the International Sociological Association (2002-06).
In 2000-01 she was the Kerstin-Hesselgren Professor at Uppsala, where she returned for extended visits in 2006-7, 2010 and 2012, receiving an honorary degree in 2008. She has also held visiting appointments at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (1996) and at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (1998 and 2003), both in Paris. She is a member of the Academia Europaea.
In addition to numerous chapters and articles, she is the author of Religion in Britain since 1945 (Blackwell 1994), Religion in Modern Europe (OUP 2000), Europe: the Exceptional Case (DLT 2002), The Sociology of Religion (Sage 2007/2013) and Religion in Britain: A Persistent Paradox (Wiley-Blackwell 2015); she is the co-author of Religious America, Secular Europe (Ashgate 2008), and co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe (OUP forthcoming).
Contact details: [...]
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction: A Critical Agenda
PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
Common Sources/Different Pathways
Secularization: Process and Theory
Rational Choice Theory
Modernity: A Single or Plural Construct?
Methodological Challenges
PART TWO: SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
Mainstream Religions in the Western World
Minorities and Margins
Demanding Attention: Fundamentalisms in the Modern World
Globalization and the Study of Religion
Religion and the Everyday
Conclusion: Revisiting the Agenda
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 328 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781849205870 |
| ISBN-10: | 1849205876 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Davie, Grace |
| Hersteller: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Maße: | 233 x 157 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Grace Davie |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.01.2013 |
| Gewicht: | 0,506 kg |
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