An introduction to the sociology of religion : classical and contemporary perspectives / Inger Furseth and Pål Repstad.
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TextPublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type: - 9780754682516
- 075468251X
- 9780754656531
- 0754656535
- 9780754656586
- 0754656586
- 306.6 22
- BL60 .F84 2006eb
- online - EBSCO
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-234) and index.
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Annotation 'Democratization' is a concept often used in academic book titles, yet not many of them deal with the initial breakthrough of democratization. This research companion applies a comparative approach to analyzing debates in a number of countries. It discusses the politics, concepts and histories involved in European democratization as a complex of changes that has altered the conditions of political action and debate in the continent for the past two centuries.
1. Sociological perspectives on religion -- 2. Religion as a phenomenon : definitions and dimensions -- 3. Classical sociologists and their theories of religion -- 4. Religion in contemporary sociology and cultural analysis -- 5. The great narratives : modernity, postmodernity, globalization, and secularization -- 6. Religion in the public sphere -- 7. Individual religiosity -- 8. Religious organizations and movements -- 9. Religion, social unity, and conflict -- 10. Race, ethnicity, and religion -- 11. Religion and gender -- 12. Sociology, theology, and religious faith.