Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

Zusatztext The contributors of these chapters have been chosen from an impressive pool of top international academics in the field. Not only has the editor done a great job in finding leading academics to write on the most topical issues, but also all the contributors have written a very informative piece, using the most recent data and theories. All the chapters are a delight to read...This is an impressive volume that will delight the student as much as the erudite in the field. All the academic libraries should order this volume as it will soon become an essential reference to any subject in the sociology of religion. It is a must for anyone who calls himself/herself a sociologist of religion to have a copy of this book on his/her bookshels. Informationen zum Autor Peter Clarke is a professorial member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford where he supervises research and teaches in the social sciences and religion. He has carried out extensive research in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He is the founding editor and currently the co-editor of The Journal of Contemporary Religion and author and/or editor of some twenty books and over one hundred articles. Klappentext An expert team of international scholars provide fifty-one essays as entry points into the sociological study and understanding of religion and in-depth surveys into its changing forms and content in the contemporary world. Issues discussed range from ecology to law! art to cognitive science! crime to health care. Zusammenfassung An expert team of international scholars provide fifty-one essays as entry points into the sociological study and understanding of religion and in-depth surveys into its changing forms and content in the contemporary world. Issues discussed range from ecology to law, art to cognitive science, crime to health care.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Clarke, Clarke Peter
• Assisted by: Peter Clarke (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2008
• EAN: 9780199279791
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927979-1
• No. of pages: 1064
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 255 mm x 55 mm
• Series: Oxford Handbooks; Oxford Handbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Religious issues & debates, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Religious issues and debates