Sociological Theory and the Question of Religion (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: McKinnon, Andrew; Trzebiatowska, Marta

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a variety of theoretical perspectives on the study of religion that bridge the gap between mainstream concerns of sociologists and the sociology of religion. Following an assessment of the current state of the field, the authors develop an emerging critical perspective within the sociology of religion with particular focus on the importance of historical background. Re-assessing the themes of aesthetics, listening and different degrees of spiritual self-discipline, the authors draw on ethnographic studies of religious involvement in Norway and the UK.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317053019
• Artikelnr.: 44873305

Autorenporträt

Andrew McKinnon is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. He has published in numerous journals, particularly on the topic of religion and social theory. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of Sociology (Official Journal of the British Sociological Association) and the book series Critical Research in Religion; he is an Associate Editor of both The Canadian Journal of Sociology and of Sociology of Religion. Marta Trzebiatowska is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. Her research interests include religion and gender, migration and social theory. She has published in the Journal of Contemporary Religion and Sociology. Her recent book (co-authored with Steve Bruce) explores the universal gender gap in religiosity (Why Are Women More Religious Than Men? 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Thinking Theoretically in the Sociology of Religion Andrew
McKinnon and Marta Trzebiatowska PART I: The State of the Art and Science
of the Sociology of Religion 1 Thinking Sociologically about Religion: A
Step Change in the Debate? Grace Davie 2 What Sort of Social Theory Would
Benefit the Sociology of Religion? Steve Bruce PART II: History and
Religion 3 The Axial Age Religions: The Debate and its Legacy for
Contemporary Sociology Bryan S. Turner 4 Hope and Religion David Lehmann 5
The Sacramental Mechanism: Religion and the Civilizing Process in Christian
Western Europe with Particular Reference to the Peace of God Movement and
its Aftermath Andrew McKinnon PART III: Religion and Modernity 6 Religion
and Monetary Culture in the Sociology of Georg Simmel Dominika Motak 7
Putting Baby Back in the Bath: Theorising Modernity for the Contemporary
Sociology of Religion Andrew Dawson PART IV: Ethnographies of Listening to
Churches: Aesthetics and Rationality 8 Playing the Sensual Card in
Churches: Studying the Aestheticization of Religion Anne Margit Løvland and
Pål Repstad 9 Listening Subjects, Rationality and Modernity Anna Strhan
PART V: Power, Gender and Discourse 10 Critical Discourse Analysis and
Critical Sociology of Religion Titus Hjelm 11 Beyond Habitus: Researching
Gender and Religion through the Ontology of Social Relations Marta
Trzebiatowska