Reflecting the very latest developments in the field, the New Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of religion with a clear emphasis on comparative and historical approaches. _ Covers major debates in secularization theory, rational choice theory, feminism and the body _ Takes a multidisciplinary approach, covering history, sociology, anthropology, and religious studies _ International in its scope, covering American exceptionalism, Native American spirituality, and China, Europe, and Southeast Asia _ Offers discussions on the latest developments, including "megachurches", spirituality, post-secular society and globalization…mehr
Reflecting the very latest developments in the field, the New Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of religion with a clear emphasis on comparative and historical approaches. _ Covers major debates in secularization theory, rational choice theory, feminism and the body _ Takes a multidisciplinary approach, covering history, sociology, anthropology, and religious studies _ International in its scope, covering American exceptionalism, Native American spirituality, and China, Europe, and Southeast Asia _ Offers discussions on the latest developments, including "megachurches", spirituality, post-secular society and globalization
BRYAN S. TURNER is the Presidential Professor of Sociology and Director of the Mellon Committee for the Study of Religion, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York and Director of the Institute for Religion Politics and Society at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne). He was the Alona Evans Distinguished Visiting Professor at Wellesley College (2009-10). His most recent publications are Religion and Modern Society (Cambridge 2011) and The Religious and the Political (Cambridge 2013). With Oscar Salemink, he edited the Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia (2014). He is the founding editor with John O'Neill of the Journal of Classical Sociology (Sage) and with Irfan Ahmad the Journal of Religious and Political Practice (Routledge). He received the Max Planck Award in 2015 for research on secularization and modernity: social and religious pluralism, and is a Guest Professor at the University of Potsdam.
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Notes on Contributors viii
Introduction: Mapping the Sociology of Religion 1 Bryan S. Turner
PART I THE FOUNDATIONS 31
1 The Sociology of Religion: The Foundations 33 Andrew McKinnon
2 Durkheim and After: Religion, Culture, and Politics 52 William Ramp
3 The Functional Theory of Religion 76 Victor Lidz
4 Recent Developments in the Anthropology of Religion 103 Simon Coleman
PART II FROM SECULARIZATION TO RESACRALIZATION 123
5 Secularization 125 Steve Bruce
6 American Exceptionalism? 141 John Torpey
7 Resacralization 160 Grace Davie
PART III NEW DEVELOPMENTS 179
8 Rational Choice and the Sociology of Religion 181 David Lehmann
9 The Religious Habitus: Embodiment, Religion, and Sociological Theory 201 Philip A. Mellor and Chris Shilling
10 Women, Religions, and Feminisms 221 Fang-Long Shih
PART IV INSTITUTIONALIZATION: OLD AND NEW FORMS 245
11 New Research on Megachurches: Non-denominationalism and Sectarianism 247 Stephen Ellingson
12 The Sociology of Spirituality: Refl ections on a Problematic Endeavor 267 Matthew Wood
13 Arguing against Darwinism: Religion, Science, and Public Morality 286 Michael S. Evans and John H. Evans
PART V SOCIOLOGY OF COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS 309
14 The Sociology of Early Christianity: From History to Theory, and Back Again 311 Joseph M. Bryant
15 Judaism: Covenant, Pluralism, and Piety 340 Alan Mittleman
16 Sociology and Anthropology of Islam: A Critical Debate 364 Gabriele Marranci
17 Approaches to the Study of Buddhism 388 Catherine Newell
18 Sociology of Hinduism 407 Pratap Kumar Penumala
19 Religious Awakening in China under Communist Rule: A Political Economy Approach 431 Fenggang Yang
20 Native American Religious Traditions: A Sociological Approach 456 Dennis F. Kelley
PART VI GLOBALIZATION 475
21 Globalization and the Sociology of Religion 477 Lionel Obadia
22 Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in a Global Perspective 498 Afe Adogame
23 Fundamentalism 519 Richard T. Antoun
24 Religion, Media, and Globalization 544 Jeremy Stolow
25 Toward a Sociology of Religious Commodifi cation 563 Pattana Kitiarsa
26 Women and Piety Movements 584 Rachel Rinaldo
27 Religion and Nationalism: A Critical Re-examination 606 Geneviève Zubrzycki
PART VII THE FUTURE OF RELIGION 627
28 The Future of Religion 629 Andrew Wernick
29 Religion in a Post-secular Society 649 Bryan S. Turner
