Religion, Law and Society

What can lawyers and sociologists learn from each other about religion in the twenty-first century?

List of contents

1. The new world; 2. The secularisation thesis; 3. Secularisation within religious groups; 4. Questioning the secularisation thesis; 5. Beyond secularisation; 6. A new dawn.

About the author

Russell Sandberg is a senior lecturer in law at the Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University.

Summary

This groundbreaking study explores the interface between law and religion and the sociology of religion in order to examine how an interdisciplinary interaction between the two can inform our understanding of the place of religion in the twenty-first century.

Product details

• Authors: Russell Sandberg, Russell (Cardiff University) Sandberg, Sandberg Russell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2014
• EAN: 9781107027435
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02743-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society; Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Sociology, Law, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Philosophy of religion, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law