B Turner

Broschiertes Buch

The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion

Beschreibung

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

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to Sociology
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A119250660
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 720
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1066g
• ISBN-13: 9781119250661
• ISBN-10: 1119250668
• Artikelnr.: 44505879