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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Singleton is Associate Professor Of Sociology And Social Research at Deakin University, Australia. Klappentext A rich and dynamic introduction to the varieties of religious life and the central issues in the sociology of religion today. It leads the reader through the key ideas and main debates within the field as well as offering in-depth descriptions and analysis of specific religions and movements. Zusammenfassung A rich and dynamic introduction to the varieties of religious life and the central issues in the sociology of religion today. It leads the reader through the key ideas and main debates within the field as well as offering in-depth descriptions and analysis of specific religions and movements. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Religion, Culture and Society PART ONE: MAKING SENSE OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS CHANGE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES What Is Religion and Spirituality? Modern Times: Classical Approaches in the Social Scientific Study of Religion Twentieth-century Challenges, twentieth-century Thinkers Towards Contemporary Theorizing: Secularization, the ¿Religious Economy¿ and Globalization Studying Contemporary Religion: Methods and Data PART TWO: WINDS OF CHANGE: RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD Post-Christian Nations? Christianity¿s Decline in Great Britain, Australia and Canada One Nation under God? American ¿Exceptionalism¿ Christian Vitality? Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America Buddhism and Hinduism in a Globalized World The Rise of the Global Ummah? Recent Trends in Islam ¿Lived¿ Religion in Everyday Life The End of Religion? The New Atheism and Secularism The Future of Religion? Young People, Religion and Spirituality
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Introduction: Religion, Culture and Society
PART ONE: MAKING SENSE OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS CHANGE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
What Is Religion and Spirituality?
Modern Times: Classical Approaches in the Social Scientific Study of Religion
Twentieth-century Challenges, twentieth-century Thinkers
Towards Contemporary Theorizing: Secularization, the 'Religious Economy' and Globalization
Studying Contemporary Religion: Methods and Data
PART TWO: WINDS OF CHANGE: RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD
Post-Christian Nations? Christianity's Decline in Great Britain, Australia and Canada
One Nation under God? American 'Exceptionalism'
Christian Vitality? Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America
Buddhism and Hinduism in a Globalized World
The Rise of the Global Ummah? Recent Trends in Islam
'Lived' Religion in Everyday Life
The End of Religion? The New Atheism and Secularism
The Future of Religion? Young People, Religion and Spirituality
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A very nice introduction to the sociology of religion for undergraduate students and non-academic readers...Theoretically informed, substantively rich, and easy reading, I recommend Singleton s book as a valuable orientation to the sociological study of religion. Christian Smith
