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Sociology rarely dealt with monasticism, this book offers main questions and topics of what a sociology of monasticism in modern society can be.
About the author
Isabelle Jonveaux, Ph.D. (1983) is post-doc fellow at the University of Graz (Austria) and associated member of the CEIFR Paris. She has published monographs and articles about monasticism, including Le monastère au travail (Bayard 2011) and Dieu en ligne (Bayard 2013).
Stefania Palmisano is Lecturer in the Sociology of Organization at the University of Turin, Italy, where she teaches the Sociology of Religious Organizations. She is Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion in Lancaster University (UK). She also has been Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology in Boston University (USA). At the moment she is doing research on new monasticism and its relationship with monastic tradition.
Enzo Pace, Professor of sociology of religion at the University of Padua (Italy), Visiting professor at the Ecole des hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Past-President of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion. Recent book: "Religion as Communication", (Ashgate 2011).
Contributors include: Salvatore Abbruzzese, Giovanni Dalpiaz, Laurent Denizeau, Francesca Sbardella, Danièle Hervieu-Léger, Kees de Groot, Jos Pieper, Willem Putamn, Maria Hämmerli, Anna Poujeau, Timon Reichl, Caroline Starkey, Florence Galmiche, Maria Chiara Giorda, Javier Gonzàles Dìez, Sara Hejazi, Paul-André Turcotte, and Jean Séguy.
