The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

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The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

Name: The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Religion
Brand: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
SKU: 9781412911955
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Edited by James A. Beckford, N Jay Demerath
Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Release Date: October 18, 2007
Format: HARDBACK
Pages: 768

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'In their introduction to this Handbook, the editors affirm: 'Many sociologists have come to realise that it makes no sense now to omit religion from the repertoire of social scientific explanations of social life'. I wholeheartedly agree. I also suggest that this wide-ranging set of essays should become a starting-point for such enquiries. Each chapter is clear, comprehensive and well-structured - making the Handbook a real asset for all those engaged in the field' - Grace Davie, Professor of Sociology, University of Exeter 'In the last two decades the sociology of religion has experienced an intellectual renaissance. The old paradigm of secularization has been replaced with new theories and methods recognising the importance of religion in modern society. The new topics include women and spirituality, violence and power, globalization and glocalization, fundamentalism, identity and life course, spiritual markets and rational choice theory. The Handbook for the Sociology of Religion not only reflects but develops and extends this renaissance.Not so much a handbook but an intellectual feast' - Bryan Turner, National University of Singapore 'Serious social scientists who care about making sense of the world can no longer ignore the fact that religious beliefs and practices are an important part of this world. Nor can scholars claim to understand religion by adding a couple of variables to their models, anymore than they could understand race, gender, or social class this way. This Handbook is a valuable resource for specialists and amateurs alike. The editors have done an exceptionally fine job of incorporating topics that illuminate the range and diversity of religion and its continuing significance throughout the world' - Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University At a time when religions are increasingly affecting, and affected by, life beyond the narrowly sacred sphere, religion everywhere seems to be caught up in change and conflict. In the midst of this contention and confusion, the sociology of religion provides a rich source of understanding and explanation. This Handbook presents an unprecedentedly comprehensive assessment of the field, both where it has been and where it is headed.Like its many distinguished contributors, its topics and their coverage are truly global in their reach. The Handbook's 35 chapters are organized into eight sections: basic theories and debates; methods of studying religion; social forms and experiences of religion; issues of power and control in religious organizations; religion and politics; individual religious behaviour in social context; religion, self-identity and the life-course; and case studies of China, Eastern Europe, Israel, Japan, and Mexico. Each chapter establishes benchmarks for the state of sociological thinking about religion in the 21st century and provides a rich bibliography for pursuing its subject further. Overall, the Handbook stretches the field conceptually, methodologically, comparatively, and historically. It promises to be an indispensable source of guidance and insight for both students and scholars for years to come.

PART ONE: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS The Classical Tradition in Sociology of Religion - Randall Collins Assessing Modernities - Kevin J. Christiano From 'Pre-' to 'Post-' to 'Ultra-' Secularisation and Sacralisation Deconstructed and Reconstructed - N. J. Demerath III Rational Choice and Religious Economies - Frank J. Lechner Globalization and Localization - Peter Beyer PART TWO: METHODS OF STUDYING RELIGION Micro Qualitative Approaches to the Sociology of Religion - James V. Spickard Phenomenologies, Interviews, Narratives, and Ethnographies Surveys of Behaviour, Beliefs and Affiliation - David Voas Micro-quantitative History, Methodologies and the Study of Religion - John R. Hall PART THREE: SOCIAL FORMS AND EXPERIENCES OF RELIGION Congregations Resurgent - N. J. Demerath III & Arthur E Farnsley II Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism - Paul Freston The Politics of Global Popular Protestantism From 'Cults' to New Religious Movements - Thomas Robbins & Phillip Charles Lucas Coherence, Definition and Conceptual Framing in the Study of New Religious Movements New Age Religion and Irreligion - William Sims Bainbridge Civil Religion in America and in Global Context - Marcela Cristi & Lorne L. Dawson PART FOUR: ISSUES OF POWER AND CONTROL IN RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS Keepers of the Tradition - Paula Nesbitt Religious Professionals and their Careers Orders and Schisms on the Sacred Periphery - Patricia Wittberg Faith-based Initiatives - Arthur E. Farnsley II Religion on the Internet - Douglas E. Cowan PART FIVE: RELIGION AND POLITICS Religion and the State - N. J. Demerath III Violence and Human Rights Religion and Regulation - J A Beckford & J T Richardson Religion in Rebellion, Resistance and Social Movements - S E Nepstad and R H Williams Religious Affiliations, Political Preferences, and Ideological Alignments - Laura R. Olson PART SIX: INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOUR IN SOCIAL CONTEXT Cross-national Comparisons of Individual Religiosity - Pierre Brechon Rethinking the Relationship Between Ethnicity and Religion - Peter Kivisto Religious Socialization among American Youth - John P. Bartkowski How Faith Shapes Parents, Children, and Adolescents Age, Generation and Cohort in American Religion and Spirituality - Michele Dillon PART SEVEN: RELIGION, SELF-IDENTITY AND THE LIFE-COURSE Religion and Identity - Arthur L. Greil & Lynn Davidman Gender Differences in Religious Practice and Significance - Linda Woodhead Embodiment, Emotion and Religious Experience - Phillip A. Mellor Religion, Culture and the Charismatic Body Religion as a Factor in Life and Death Through the Life-course - Stephen J. Hunt PART EIGHT: CASE STUDIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD Oligopoly Dynamics - Fenggang Yang Official Religions in China The Religious Landscape of Central and Eastern Europe After Communism - Irena Borowik Judaism in Israel - Stephen Sharot Public Religion, Neo-traditionalism, Messianism and Ethno-Religious Conflict State Shinto and Religion in Post-war Japan - Susumu Shimazono Mexico - Roberto J. Blancarte A Mirror For the Sociology of Religion

"The handbook achieves an admirable synthesis of important efforts and will be particularly helpful as a means to orient beginning students in the sociology of religion." -- CHOICE

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