Religion and Modern Society - Citizenship, Secularisation and the State

Informationen zum Autor Bryan S. Turner is Presidential Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York Graduate School and Director of the Committee on Religion. He is a prominent figure in the field of the sociology of religion and editor of The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology (2006). Klappentext A unique historical and comparative analysis of the place of religion in the emergence of modern secular society. Zusammenfassung As societies become more diverse due to migration and multiculturalism! we need solutions to the potential for religious conflict. This book offers a unique look at the impact of globalisation on religion! providing a historical and comparative analysis of the place of religion in modern secular society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the state of the sociology of religion; Part I. Theoretical Frameworks: The Problem of Religion in Sociology: 1. Religion, religions and the body; 2. Émile Durkheim and the classification of religion; 3. Max Weber and comparative religion; 4. Talcott Parsons and the expressive revolution; 5. Mary Douglas and modern primitives; 6. Pierre Bourdieu and religious practice; Part II. Religion, State and Post-Secularity: 7. The secularization thesis; 8. Legal pluralism, religion and multiculturalism; 9. Managing religions: liberal and authoritarian states; 10. Religious speech: on ineffable communication; 11. Spiritualities: the media, feminism and consumerism; 12. Religion, globalisation and cosmopolitanism; 13. Civil religion, citizenship and the business cycle; 14. The globalisation of piety.

Product details

• Authors: Bryan S Turner, Bryan S. Turner, Professor Bryan S. Turner
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521675321
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67532-1
• No. of pages: 374
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Religion & politics, Religion and Politics, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities