202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, first published in 1989, demonstrates that sociologists have much to gain from a strengthening of the connections between general theories about the changing character of modern western societies and specific studies of religion. It combines an exegesis of sociological classics in the study of religion, and a history of their influence upon the subject’s development; a criticism of... Read more
1. The Isolation of Religion 2. Religion in Classical Models of Industrial Society 3. Fallow Period and Second Harvest 4. Systems, Symbols, Societalization, Secularization, Subjectivity 5. Differentiation and its Discontents 6. Ideology, New Social Movements and Spirituality
Biography
James A. Beckford
