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Social theory and religion / James A. Beckford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 252 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781107321335
  • 1107321336
  • 9780511520754
  • 0511520751
  • 9781107315945
  • 1107315948
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Social theory and religion.DDC classification:
  • 306.6 22
LOC classification:
  • BL60 .B34 2003eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.05
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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. James Beckford reviews the current state of social scientific knowledge about religion. He clarifies the social processes involved in constructing religious and non-religious environments in public and private life. Beckford reveals the importance of these boundaries by referring to studies of secularization, religious diversity, globalization, religious movements and self-identity.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-246) and index.

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.

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. James Beckford reviews the current state of social scientific knowledge about religion. He clarifies the social processes involved in constructing religious and non-religious environments in public and private life. Beckford reveals the importance of these boundaries by referring to studies of secularization, religious diversity, globalization, religious movements and self-identity.

Print version record.