Religion on the Edge - De-Centering and Re-Centering the Sociology of Religion

Zusatztext this is a strong collection of essays...The volumes thorough overview of the main issues makes it appropriate for readers both inside and outside of the discipline of sociology. Informationen zum Autor CB: Associate Professor of Sociology, Columbia University; WC: Associate Professor of Sociology, Brandeis University; PL: Professor of Sociology, Wellesley College; DS: Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Georgia Klappentext The thirteen essays in this volume offer a challenge to conventional scholarly approaches to the sociology of religion. They urge readers to look beyond congregational settings, beyond the United States, and to religions other than Christianity, and encourage critical engagement with religion's complex social consequences. Zusammenfassung The thirteen essays in this volume offer a challenge to conventional scholarly approaches to the sociology of religion. They urge readers to look beyond congregational settings, beyond the United States, and to religions other than Christianity, and encourage critical engagement with religion's complex social consequences.

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• Authors: Courtney Bender, Courtney (EDT)/ Cadge Bender
• Assisted by: Courtney Bender (Editor), Bender Courtney (Editor), Wendy Cadge (Editor), Cadge Wendy (Editor), Peggy Levitt (Editor), Levitt Peggy (Editor), David Smilde (Editor), Smilde David (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2012
• EAN: 9780199938629
• ISBN: 978-0-19-993862-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, Religion, allgemein, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Religious issues & debates, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Religious issues and debates