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BL60.F87 2006 |
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Furseth, Inger. |
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An introduction to the sociology of religion : classical and contemporary perspectives / |
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Inger Furseth and PaÌŠl Repstad. |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : |
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Ashgate, |
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2006. |
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241 p. ; 26 cm. |
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Includes index. |
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Contents<br/>Foreword<br/>1. Sociological perspectives on religion<br/>1.1 What is sociology?<br/>1.2 The sociology of religion and general sociology<br/>1.3 Sociology as science<br/>1.4 The sociology of religion versus other disciplines that study religion<br/>1.5 Classical sociology ¿ a comment<br/>2 Religion as a phenomenon ¿ definitions and dimensions<br/>2.1 Defining religion ¿ not just an academic issue<br/>2.2 Substantive definitions: attempts at explaining the common content of religion<br/>2.3 Functional definitions: the effect of religion on individuals and/or societies<br/>2.4 Wide or narrow definitions of religion?<br/>2.5 Do we need definitions of religion?<br/>2.6 The dimensions of religion<br/>3 Classical sociologists and their theories of religion<br/>3.1 Karl Marx. Religion as projection and illusion<br/>3.2 Émile Durkheim. Religion as integration<br/>3.3 Max Weber. Social action, rationality, and religion as legitimation<br/>3.4 Georg Simmel. Individuality, sociability, and religion<br/>3.5 Sigmund Freud. Religion as parental dependency and instinctual control<br/>3.6 George Herbert Mead. The social basis of identity formation<br/>3.7 Talcott Parsons. The individual and social functions of religion<br/>3.8 Between structures and actors<br/>4 Religion in contemporary sociology and cultural analysis<br/>4.1 Jürgen Habermas. The place of religion in rational dialogue<br/>4.2 Niklas Luhmann. Religion as function<br/>4.3 Erving Goffman. Everyday life as drama and rituals<br/>4.4 Peter L. Berger og Thomas Luckmann. Religion as social construction<br/>4.5 Pierre Bourdieu. Religion and social practice<br/>4.6 Michel Foucault. Spirituality, corporality, and politics<br/>4.7 Anthony Giddens. Religion in late modernity<br/>4.8 Zygmunt Bauman. Liquid postmodernity<br/>4.9 Some common themes and issues<br/>5 The great narratives: modernity, postmodernity, secularization, and globalization<br/>5.1 The characteristic traits of modernity<br/>5.2 From modernity to postmodernity?<br/>5.3 Globalization<br/>5.4 Secularization ¿ a multi-dimensional concept<br/>5.5 Extreme and moderate theories of secularization<br/>5.6 The secularization of society and its fundamental forces<br/>5.7 The debate on moderate theories of secularization<br/>5.8 Religious diversity, competition, and secularization<br/>5.9 Secularization and its limitations<br/>5.10 Secularization on the organizational level: religion as a source of secularization<br/>5.11 Secularization on an individual level?<br/>5.12 Several great narratives <br/>6 Religion in the public sphere<br/>6.1 The diminishing role of religion in the public sphere<br/>6.2 The continued role of religion in the public sphere<br/>6.3 The official religion of the state<br/>6.4 Civil religion<br/>6.5 Religious nationalism<br/>6.6 Public religion<br/>6.7 Religion and political power<br/>6.8 Suggestions for research<br/>7 Individual religiosity<br/>7.1 Deprivation theory: grievances create a need for religion<br/>7.2 Socialization theory: long-term training teaches individuals to be religious <br/>7.3 Rational choice theory: calculated benefits lead to religion <br/>7.4 Religion as a search for meaning and belonging<br/>7.5 How embedded? How individualized? <br/>7.6 The social basis of individual religiosity<br/>7.7 Popular religiosity ¿ a continual discourse with established religious traditions<br/>7.8 Rituals and music as carriers of religiosity <br/>7.9 When religion becomes important: on religiously committed individuals<br/>7.10 Secularization on the individual level?<br/>8 Religious organizations and movements<br/>8.1 An interest in typologies<br/>8.2 Church, sect, and mysticism<br/>8.3 Some specifications and critical notes<br/>8.4 The dynamics of religious organizations<br/>8.5 Religious organizations as active entities: resource mobilization theory<br/>8.6 Organizations characterized by force, utilitarianism, and normative commitment<br/>8.7 Forms of domination in religious organizations<br/>8.8 Sociological studies of religious movements and minorities<br/>9 Religion, social unity, and conflict<br/>9.1 Religion and social unity<br/>9.2 Religion and social conflict<br/>9.3 Fundamentalism<br/>9.4 Religious violence<br/>9.5 Social or religious sources of conflict?<br/>9.6 Religion as a source of peace?<br/>10 Race, ethnicity, and religion<br/>10.1 Concepts of race, racism, and ethnicity<br/>10.2 Classical theories of race and ethnicity<br/>10.3 Contemporary theories of race and ethnicity<br/>10.4 Immigration and religion<br/>10.5 Assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism<br/>10.6 The policy debate<br/>11 Religion and gender<br/>11.1 The role of religion in interpreting gender and gender roles<br/>11.2 Women¿s religious experiences<br/>11.3 The role of women in religious organizations<br/>11.4 The participation of women in religious groups ¿ different explanations<br/>11.5 Feminism and religion<br/>11.6 Religion, sexuality, and family orientation<br/>12 Sociology, theology, and religious faith<br/>12.1 Conflicting perspectives?<br/>12.2 Methodological atheism: sociology and its silence on the question of religious truth<br/>12.3 Classical sociologists and their scientific optimism<br/> 12.4. Religion varies in its compatibility with sociology<br/> 12.5 Contemporary critique of methodological atheism<br/>12.6 Research from the inside or the outside?<br/>12.7 The sociology of religion as an applied science<br/> |
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