Bringing Back the Social Into the Sociology of Religion - Critical Approaches

The contributors to this book explore how 'bringing the social back into the sociology of religion' allows a better understanding of contemporary religious life. They do so by engaging with social theories and addressing issues of epistemology and scientific reflexivity.

Info autore

Véronique Altglas is lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University Belfast. Her book, From Yoga to Kabbalah: Religious Exoticism and the Logics of Bricolage, was chosen by the International Society for the Sociology of Religion as the best book in 2017.

Matthew Wood (1970-2015) was lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University Belfast. His work is particularly influential for the study of New Age, spirituality, and the epistemology of the sociology of religion. It includes Possession, Power and the New Age (2007).

Contributors are: Véronique Altglas, Peter Doak, Yannick Fer, Gwendoline Malogne-Fer, Christophe Monnot, Eric Morier-Genoud, Alix Philippon, Matthew Wood.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Editore: Brill
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.07.2018
• EAN: 9789004300477
• ISBN: 978-90-04-30047-7
• Pagine: 232
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 476 g
• Serie: Studies in Critical Research o
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni