Religion Realism And Social Theory
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Religion Realism And Social Theory
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Author : Philip A Mellor
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2004-10-18
Religion Realism And Social Theory written by Philip A Mellor and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-18 with Social Science categories.
This book challenges those contemporary sociologists who argue that the notion of 'society' is an outmoded basis for sociological analysis and instead revitalizes the idea that sociology is truly 'the study of society'. Mellor returns the human and religious aspects of social life to the centre of social theory.
Religion And Social Theory
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Author : Bryan S Turner
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Release Date : 1991-09-06
Religion And Social Theory written by Bryan S Turner and has been published by SAGE Publications Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-09-06 with Religion categories.
The second edition of this major book on the social analysis of religion incorporates a substantial new introduction by Bryan S Turner. Religion and Social Theory assesses the different theoretical approaches to the social function of religion. Turner discusses at length the ideas of key contributors to these approaches (including Engels, Durkheim, Weber, Nietzsche, Freud, Parsons, Marcuse, Habermas and Foucault). In so doing, he develops a distinctive perspective on the role of religion as an institutional link between economic and human reproduction. Social theories of religion are explored through a resolutely comparative and historical analysis of the Abrahamic faiths - Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Relating c
Bringing Back The Social Into The Sociology Of Religion
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-06-19
Bringing Back The Social Into The Sociology Of Religion written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-19 with Religion categories.
The contributors to this book explore how 'bringing the social back into the sociology of religion' allows a better understanding of contemporary religious life. They do so by engaging with social theories and addressing issues of epistemology and scientific reflexivity.
Sociological Theory And The Question Of Religion
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Author : Andrew McKinnon
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-01
Sociological Theory And The Question Of Religion written by Andrew McKinnon and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with Religion categories.
Religion lies near the heart of the classical sociological tradition, yet it no longer occupies the same place within the contemporary sociological enterprise. This relative absence has left sociology under-prepared for thinking about religion’s continuing importance in new issues, movements, and events in the twenty-first century. This book seeks to address this lacunae by offering a variety of theoretical perspectives on the study of religion that bridge the gap between mainstream concerns of sociologists and the sociology of religion. Following an assessment of the current state of the field, the authors develop an emerging critical perspective within the sociology of religion with particular focus on the importance of historical background. Re-assessing the themes of aesthetics, listening and different degrees of spiritual self-discipline, the authors draw on ethnographic studies of religious involvement in Norway and the UK. They highlight the importance of power in the sociology of religion with help from Pierre Bourdieu, Marx and Critical Discourse Analysis. This book points to emerging currents in the field and offers a productive and lively way forward, not just for sociological theory of religion, but for the sociology of religion more generally.
Social Theory And Religion
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Author : James A. Beckford
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-08-21
Social Theory And Religion written by James A. Beckford and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-21 with Religion categories.
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Religion And Secular Categories In Sociology
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Author : Mitsutoshi Horii
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-01-01
Religion And Secular Categories In Sociology written by Mitsutoshi Horii and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Informed by ‘critical religion’ perspective in Religious Studies and postcolonial self-reflection in Sociology, this book interrogates the ideas of ‘religion’ and ‘the secular’ in social theory and Sociology. It argues that as long as social theory and sociological discourse embed the religion-secular distinction and locate themselves on the ‘secular’ side of the binary, Sociology will continue to serve the very ideologies it tries to subvert – namely Western modernity/coloniality.
Religion And Social Theory
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Author : Bryan S. Turner
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Release Date : 1983
Religion And Social Theory written by Bryan S. Turner and has been published by Heinemann Educational Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Religion categories.
Religion And Social Theory
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Religion And Social Theory written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Religion and politics categories.
Religion
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Author : Christian Smith
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-26
Religion written by Christian Smith and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-26 with Religion categories.
A groundbreaking new theory of religion Religion remains an important influence in the world today, yet the social sciences are still not adequately equipped to understand and explain it. This book advances an innovative theory of religion that goes beyond the problematic theoretical paradigms of the past. Drawing on the philosophy of critical realism and personalist social theory, Christian Smith explores why humans are religious in the first place—uniquely so as a species—and offers an account of secularization and religious innovation and persistence that breaks the logjam in which religious scholarship has been stuck for so long. Certain to stimulate debate and inspire promising new avenues of scholarship, Religion features a wealth of illustrations and examples that help to make its concepts accessible to readers. This superbly written book brings sound theoretical thinking to a perennially thorny subject, and a new vitality and focus to its study.
Interpreting Charles Taylor S Social Theory On Religion And Secularization
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Author : Germán McKenzie
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-11-22
Interpreting Charles Taylor S Social Theory On Religion And Secularization written by Germán McKenzie and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-22 with Philosophy categories.
This book examines “Taylorean social theory,” its sources, main characteristics and impact. Charles Taylor’s meta-narrative of secularization in the West, prominently contained in his major work A Secular Age (2007), has brought new insight on the social and cultural factors that intervened in such process, the role of human agency, and particularly on the contemporary conditions of belief in North America and Europe. This study discusses what Taylor’s approach has brought to the scholarly debate on Western secularization, which has been carried on mostly in sociological terms. McKenzie interprets Taylor’s views in a way that offers an original social theory. Such interpretation is possible with the help of sociologist Margaret Archer’s “morphogenetic theory” and by making the most of Taylor’s particular understanding of the method of the social sciences and of his philosophical views on human beings, knowledge and modernity. After exploring the philosophical and sociological sources informing Taylorean social theory and proposing its basic concepts and hermeneutic guidelines, the author compares it with two widespread theories of secularization: the now waning “orthodox” account and that proposed by Rational Choice Theory scholars, particularly prevalent in the United States. In doing so, the book shows in which ways Taylorean social theory supersedes them, what new issues it brings into the scholarly discussion, and what difficulties might limit its future development.