Sociology and the World''s Religions

Informationen zum Autor Malcolm B. Hamilton is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Reading. Klappentext Sociological and related studies of systems of religion tend to be fragmented. This book brings together and assesses a diverse range of substantive sociological, anthropological and social-psychological scholarship dealing with the broad spectrum of religious belief, experience and behaviour from the work of anthropologists on the religions of tribal and pre-industrial peoples to explorations of the origins, development and impact of the great world religions. The book will have particular appeal not only in the fields of sociology, social anthropology, but also religious studies. Zusammenfassung This text brings together and assesses a diverse range of substantive sociological! anthropological and social-psychological scholarship dealing with the broad spectrum of religious belief! experience and behaviour. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Religion in Tribal Societies Hinduism Buddhism Chinese Religions: Confucianism and Taoism Judaism Christianity Islam Conclusion Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: M Hamilton, M. Hamilton, Malcolm Hamilton, Malcolm B. Hamilton
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.1998
• EAN: 9780333652237
• ISBN: 978-0-333-65223-7
• No. of pages: 281
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous