Bryan S. Turner

Religion and Modern Society (eBook, PDF)

Citizenship, Secularisation and the State

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Produktbeschreibung

Religion is now high on the public agenda, with recent events focusing the world's attention on Islam in particular. This book provides a unique historical and comparative analysis of the place of religion in the emergence of modern secular society. Bryan S. Turner considers the problems of multicultural, multi-faith societies and legal pluralism in terms of citizenship and the state, with special emphasis on the problems of defining religion and the sacred in the secularisation debate. He explores a range of issues central to current debates: the secularisation thesis itself, the communications revolution, the rise of youth spirituality, feminism, piety and religious revival. Religion and Modern Society contributes to political and ethical controversies through discussions of cosmopolitanism, religion and globalisation. It concludes with a pessimistic analysis of the erosion of the social in modern society and the inability of new religions to provide 'social repair'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139064262
• Artikelnr.: 38276893

Autorenporträt

Bryan S. Turner is Presidential Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York Graduate School and Director of the Committee on Religion. He is a prominent figure in the field of the sociology of religion and editor of The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the state of the sociology of religion
Part I. Theoretical Frameworks: The Problem of Religion in Sociology: 1. Religion, religions and the body
2. Émile Durkheim and the classification of religion
3. Max Weber and comparative religion
4. Talcott Parsons and the expressive revolution
5. Mary Douglas and modern primitives
6. Pierre Bourdieu and religious practice
Part II. Religion, State and Post-Secularity: 7. The secularization thesis
8. Legal pluralism, religion and multiculturalism
9. Managing religions: liberal and authoritarian states
10. Religious speech: on ineffable communication
11. Spiritualities: the media, feminism and consumerism
12. Religion, globalisation and cosmopolitanism
13. Civil religion, citizenship and the business cycle
14. The globalisation of piety.

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Introduction: the state of the sociology of religion; Part I. Theoretical Frameworks: The Problem of Religion in Sociology: 1. Religion, religions and the body; 2. Émile Durkheim and the classification of religion; 3. Max Weber and comparative religion; 4. Talcott Parsons and the expressive revolution; 5. Mary Douglas and modern primitives; 6. Pierre Bourdieu and religious practice; Part II. Religion, State and Post-Secularity: 7. The secularization thesis; 8. Legal pluralism, religion and multiculturalism; 9. Managing religions: liberal and authoritarian states; 10. Religious speech: on ineffable communication; 11. Spiritualities: the media, feminism and consumerism; 12. Religion, globalisation and cosmopolitanism; 13. Civil religion, citizenship and the business cycle; 14. The globalisation of piety.

Rezensionen

'A distinguished display of theoretical sophistication and empirical richness that restores religion to its rightful position at the centre of sociological debates about modernity, globalization, multiculturalism, consumerism, cosmopolitanism and citizenship. Bryan Turner's highly readable book is full of original and provocative contributions towards a fresh understanding of religion and spirituality at the level of individuals, nations and global society.' James A. Beckford, University of Warwick