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1st Edition

A Contemporary World Sociology of Western and Arab Religions

Edited By Roberto Cipriani, Philippe Portier Copyright 2027

328 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

Description

This book offers a sociological exploration of the state of religions in the contemporary world, concentrating on religions in the Western and Arab world. Bringing together a range of expert contributors, it showcases the latest sociological research applied to religious phenomena and contemporary trends. The chapters focus on Europe and America as well as countries in the Near and Middle East,... Read more

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Roberto Cipriani

Introduction: Towards a Kaleidoscopic Mapping of the Sociology of Religion(s) within Glocal Religious Studies at a Time of Climate Crisis

Patrice Brodeur

JUDAISM

1. Contemporary Judaism and the Jews. Continuity and Change

Sergio DellaPergola

2. The Rabbinate and the Relationship of Religion and State in Israel: Implications for Judaism

Ephraim Tabory

CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

3. Global Christianities: Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox

José Casanova

4. Contemporary Forces Affecting Christianity

Anthony J. Blasi

5. Continuities and Discontinuities in Global Christianity

Franco Garelli

6. Christianity and Global Processes: Trends and Pitfalls

Siniša Zrinščak

ISLAM

7. Sunni and Shi’i Islam

Farhad Khosrokhavar

8. The Helmet, the Crown, and the Turban

Enzo Pace

9. Changes and Challenges outside Muslim Societies

Roberta Ricucci

NEW SPIRITUALITY

10. New Spirituality as Sustainable Religion. The Relationship with the Sacred from Duty to Right

Giuseppe Giordan

11. New Spirituality: Insight Gleaned from Giuseppe Giordan’s Lecture and from Etty Hillesum’s “Thinking Heart”

Adriana Valente

12. The New Age’s Harmony with Nature

Helena Vilaça and Tiago Pinto

13. New Spiritualities and Diffused Religion

Raquel Weiss

DIGITAL RELIGION

14. Digital Religion: A Socio-Semiotic Appraisal

Massimo Leone

15. Digital Religion and Catholicism: Some Remarks on the Impact of Covid on the Experience of Spirituality and a Look at the Artificial Intelligence Scenario

Paolo Peverini

16. Digital Religion: Narrative Investigations

Piero Polidoro

17. Read, Click and Pray. Bridging Sociology and Semiotics in the Study of Religions Online

Alessandra Vitullo

ATHEISM

18. Atheism and Non-religious Worldviews

Lois Lee

19. Nonreligion, Irreligion and Atheism from a Sociological Perspective. Some Reflections in Response to Lois Lee’s Perspective

Irena Borowik

20. A Contribution to the “Positive” Approach to the Non-religious

Philippe Portier

NEW PERSPECTIVES

21. How Gender Arrived and Why it Remains in the Sociology of Religion

Irene Becci and Alberta Giorgi

22. Pentecostalism in Latin America

Verónica Roldán

23. Epistemic Transformations from the South: Rethinking Religion through a Brazilian perspective

Rodrigo Toniol

POSTFACE

Philippe Portier

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOCIOLOGISTS OF RELIGION

Editor(s)

Biography

Roberto Cipriani is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Roma Tre University, Italy.

Philippe Portier is director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (PSL) in France where he holds the chair ‘History and Sociology of Secularism’.

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