The SAGE handbook of the sociology of religion 1st Edition by James A Beckford, N J Demerath ISBN 1412911958 978-1412911955

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ISBN 10: 1412911958 

ISBN 13: 978-1412911955

Author: James A Beckford, N J Demerath

“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.

Praise for this text:

“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, UK

“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

Table of contents: 

PART I THEORIES AND CONCEPTS

1 The Classical Tradition in Sociology of Religion Randall Collins

2 Assessing Modernities: From ‘Pre-‘ to ‘Post-‘ to ‘Ultra-‘ Kevin J. Christiano

3 Secularization and Sacralization Deconstructed and Reconstructed N. J. Demerath III

4 Rational Choice and Religious Economies Frank J. Lechner

5 Globalization and Glocalization Peter Beyer

PART II METHODS OF STUDYING RELIGION

6 Micro Qualitative Approaches to the Sociology of Religion: Phenomenologies, Interviews, Narratives, and Ethnographies James V. Spickard

7 Surveys of Behaviour, Beliefs and Affiliation: Micro-Quantitative David Voas

8 History, Methodologies, and the Study of Religion John R. Hall

PART III SOCIAL FORMS AND EXPERIENCES OF RELIGION

9 Congregations Resurgent

N. J. Demerath III and Arthur E. Farnsley II

10 Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism: The Politics of

Global Popular Protestantism

Paul Freston

11 From ‘Cults’ to New Religious Movements: Coherence, Definition, and Conceptual Framing in the Study of New Religious Movements

Thomas Robbins and Phillip Charles Lucas

12 New Age Religion and Irreligion William Sims Bainbridge

13 Civil Religion in America and in Global Context

Marcela Cristi and Lorne L. Dawson

PART IV ISSUES OF POWER AND CONTROL IN RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS

14 Keepers of the Tradition: Religious Professionals and their Careers

Paula Nesbitt

15 Orders and Schisms on the Sacred Periphery

Patricia Wittberg

16 Faith-Based Initiatives Arthur E. Farnsley II

17 Religion on the Internet Douglas E. Cowan

PART V RELIGION AND POLITICS

18 Religion and the State; Violence and Human Rights

N. J. Demerath III

19 Religion and Regulation James A. Beckford and James T. Richardson

20 Religion in Rebellion, Resistance, and Social Movements Sharon Erickson Nepstad and Rhys H. Williams

21 Religious Affiliations, Political Preferences, and Ideological Alignments Laura R. Olson

PART VI INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOUR IN SOCIAL CONTEXT

22 Cross-National Comparisons of Individual Religiosity Pierre Bréchon

23 Rethinking the Relationship Between Ethnicity and Religion Peter Kivisto

24 Religious Socialization among American Youth: How Faith Shapes Parents, Children, and Adolescents

John P. Bartkowski

25 Age, Generation, and Cohort in American Religion and Spirituality Michele Dillon

PART VII RELIGION, SELF-IDENTITY AND THE LIFE-COURSE

26 Religion and Identity Arthur L. Greil and Lynn Davidman

27 Gender Differences in Religious Practice and Significance Linda Woodhead

28 Embodiment, Emotion and Religious Experience: Religion, Culture and the Charismatic Body

Philip A. Mellor

29 Religion as a Factor in Life and Death through the Life-Course Stephen J. Hunt

PART VIII CASE STUDIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

30 Oligopoly Dynamics: Official Religions in China Fenggang Yang

31 The Religious Landscape of Central and Eastern Europe after Communism

Irena Borowik

32 Judaism in Israel: Public Religion, Neo-Traditionalism, Messianism, and Ethno-Religious Conflict

Stephen Sharot

33 State Shinto and Religion in Post-War Japan Susumu Shimazono

34 Mexico: A Mirror for the Sociology of Religion Roberto J. Blancarte

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