TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beckford,James A.
TI  - Social theory and religion
SN  - 9781107321335
AV  - BL60 .B34 2003eb
U1  - 306.6 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Cambridge, U.K., New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Religion and sociology
KW  - Sociologie religieuse
KW  - sociology of religion
KW  - aat
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Sociology of Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Religionssoziologie
KW  - gnd
KW  - Soziologische Theorie
KW  - Religion
KW  - Godsdienstsociologie
KW  - gtt
KW  - rasuqam
KW  - Changement
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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