The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of ReligionJames A Beckford, Jay Demerath SAGE, 29 paź 2007 - 768 "In their introduction to this Handbook, the editors affirm: ′Many sociologists have come to realise that it makes no sense now to omit religion from the repertoire of social scientific explanations of social life′. I wholeheartedly agree. I also suggest that this wide-ranging set of essays should become a starting-point for such enquiries. Each chapter is clear, comprehensive and well-structured - making the Handbook a real asset for all those engaged in the field." - Grace Davie, University of Exeter "Serious social scientists who care about making sense of the world can no longer ignore the fact that religious beliefs and practices are an important part of this world... This Handbook is a valuable resource for specialists and amateurs alike. The editors have done an exceptionally fine job of incorporating topics that illuminate the range and diversity of religion and its continuing significance throughout the world." At a time when religions are increasingly affecting, and affected by, life beyond the narrowly sacred sphere, religion everywhere seems to be caught up in change and conflict. In the midst of this contention and confusion, the sociology of religion provides a rich source of understanding and explanation. This Handbook presents an unprecedentedly comprehensive assessment of the field, both where it has been and where it is headed. Like its many distinguished contributors, its topics and their coverage are truly global in their reach. The Handbook′s 35 chapters are organized into eight sections: basic theories and debates; methods of studying religion; social forms and experiences of religion; issues of power and control in religious organizations; religion and politics; individual religious behaviour in social context; religion, self-identity and the life-course; and case studies of China, Eastern Europe, Israel, Japan, and Mexico. Each chapter establishes benchmarks for the state of sociological thinking about religion in the 21st century and provides a rich bibliography for pursuing its subject further. Overall, the Handbook stretches the field conceptually, methodologically, comparatively, and historically. An indispensable source of guidance and insight for both students and scholars. |
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... increasingly essential to have a clear sociological understanding of the ways in which religion operates as one of the many forces shaping – and being shaped by – our increasingly globalised – and globally conflicted – world. The ...
... increased both within and between the various linguistic communities in which sociologists of religion publish their ... increasingly creative and mutual engagement between sociologists of religion and intellectual developments in other ...
... increasingly turn to religion as a cultural resource to replace the out-moded modernist notion that social or political problems can simply be 'managed' by secular, rational methods. Another way to put this is to call it the re ...
... increasing frequency of long-distance trade, travel and war in the 19th and 20th centuries, the various world religions have come to confront each other. This produces a paradox of rival monotheisms; each has its geographical sphere of ...
... increasing differentiation among the units of society, and, in particular, of an increasing division of labor (Durkheim 1893/1984; see also Bellah 1959; Merton 1934, 1994; and Schnore 1958). Less ASSESSING MODERNITIES: FROM 'PRE-' TO ...
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18 Religion and the State Violence and Human Rights | 381 |
19 Religion and Regulation | 396 |
20 Religion in Rebellion Resistance and Social Movements | 419 |
21 Religious Affiliations Political Preferences and Ideological Alignments | 438 |
PART VI Individual Religious Behaviour in Social Context | 459 |
22 CrossNational Comparisons of Individual Religiosity | 463 |
23 Rethinking the Relationship Between Ethnicity and Religion | 490 |
How Faith Shapes Parents Children and Adolescents | 511 |
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MicroQuantitative | 144 |
8 History Methodologies and the Study of Religion | 167 |
PART III Social Forms and Experiences of Religion | 189 |
9 Congregations Resurgent | 193 |
The Politics of Global Popular Protestantism | 205 |
Coherence Definition and Conceptual Framing in the Study of New Religious Movements | 227 |
12 New Age Religion and Irreligion | 248 |
13 Civil Religion in America and in Global Context | 267 |
PART IV Issues of Power and Control in Religious Organisations | 293 |
Religious Professionals and their Careers | 295 |
15 Orders and Schisms on the Sacred Periphery | 323 |
16 FaithBased Initiatives | 345 |
17 Religion on the Internet | 357 |
PART V Religion and Politics | 377 |
25 Age Generation and Cohort in American Religion and Spirituality | 526 |
PART VII Religion SelfIdentity and the LifeCourse | 547 |
26 Religion and Identity | 549 |
27 Gender Differences in Religious Practice and Significance | 566 |
Religion Culture and the Charismatic Body | 587 |
29 Religion as a Factor in Life and Death through the LifeCourse | 608 |
PART VIII Case Studies from Around the World | 631 |
Official Religions in China | 635 |
31 The Religious Landscape of Central and Eastern Europe after Communism | 654 |
Public Religion NeoTraditionalism Messianism and EthnoReligious Conflict | 670 |
33 State Shinto and Religion in PostWar Japan | 697 |
A Mirror for the Sociology of Religion | 710 |
Index | 729 |
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