Richard K. Fenn (ed.)

Companion Sociology Religion

Ed. by Richard K. Fenn

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores the current status of the sociology of religion, and how it might look at the beginning of the next millennium.

Traces the boundaries between sociology and other closely related disciplines, such as theology and social anthropology.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 905g
• ISBN-13: 9780631212416
• ISBN-10: 0631212418
• Artikelnr.: 14843738

Autorenporträt

Richard K. Fenn is Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Christianity and Society at Princeton Theological Seminary, and is one of the most senior and influential practitioners of his discipline currently at work. He is the author of numerous critically acclaimed books.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors.

Preface.

Part I: Classical and Contemporary Theory: Recycling,Continuity, Progress, or New Departures?.

Part II: Contemporary Trends in the Relation of Religion toSociety.

Part III: The Sociology of Religion and Related Areas ofInquiry.

Conclusion.

Index.

Rezensionen

'If a single theme runs through this anthology, it is anappreciation of the process of secularization. Here, however,secularization does not trumpet the demise of religion but providesa lens through which to scrutinize the shifting location andfunction of religion in urban, industrial, complex societies. Ofvalue as a reference tool at all readership levels.'Choice

'The volume takes the reader immediately to the mostinteresting issues currently debated in the discipline.'International Review of Biblical Studies

"This is a milestone of a book." Journal of ContemporaryReligion

"Within the cover there is a very stimulating companion indeed -a more than adequate travel guide for any student or scholarseeking a lively and insightful introduction to the contours of thesociology of religion." BSA Network