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An expert team of international scholars provide fifty-one essays as entry points into the sociological study and understanding of religion and in-depth surveys into its changing forms and content in the contemporary world. Issues discussed range from ecology to law, art to cognitive science, crime to health care.
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The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion draws on the expertise of an international team of scholars providing both an entry point into the sociological study and understanding of religion and an in-depth survey into its changing forms and content in the contemporary world. The role and impact of religion and spirituality on the politics, culture, education and health in the modern world is rigorously discussed and debated. The study of the sociology ofreligion forges interdisciplinary links to explore aspects of continuity and change in the contemporary interface between society and religion. Using a combination of theoretical, methodological andcontent-led approaches, the fifty-seven contributors collectively emphasise the complex relationships between religion and aspects of life from scientific research to law, ecology to art, music to cognitive science, crime to institutional health care and more. The developing character of religion, irreligion and atheism and the impact of religious diversity on social cohesion are explored. An overview of current scholarship in the field is provided in each themed chapter with an emphasis onencouraging new thinking and reflection on familiar and emergent themes to stimulate further debate and scholarship. The resulting essay collection provides an invaluable resource for research andteaching in this diverse discipline.
Author Biography
Peter Clarke is Professor Emeritus King's College at the University of London and Professor in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford.
Table of Contents
1: Peter Clarke: Introduction:Towards a Global Framework and Organic Understanding of ReligionI: Theory: Classical, Modern and Postmodern2: William E. Paden: Reappraising Durkheim for the Study and Teaching of Religion3: David N. Geller: The Uses of Max Weber: Legitimation and Amnesia in Buddhology, South Asian History, and Anthropological Practice Theory4: Hans G. Kippenberg: Max Weber: Religion and Modernization5: Bryan S. Turner: Max Weber on Islam and Confucianism: the Kantian Theory of Secularization6: Inger Furseth: Religion in the Works of Habermas, Bourdieu and Foucault7: Malcolm Hamilton: Rational Choice Theory: A Critique8: Sian Hawthorne: Religion and Gender9: Robert W. Hefner: Religion and Modernity Worldwide10: Nikolai Wenzel: Postmodernism and Religion11: Meerten ter Borg: Religion and Power12: Matt Waggoner: Culture and ReligionI: Method13: Ole Preben Riis: Methodology in the Sociology of Religion14: Jeppe Sinding Jensen: Conceptual Models in the Study of Religion15: André Droogers: Defining Religion: A Social Science Approach16: K. Helmut Reich: Explaining Religion through Cognitive ScienceIII: Religion and related spheres: Morality, Science, Irreligion, Art and Sexuality17: William Sims Bainbridge: Science and Religion18: William Sims Bainbridge: Atheism19: John Reeder: Religion and Morality20: Robert Wuthnow: The Contemporary Convergence of Art and Religion21: I. M. Lewis: The Social Roots and Meaning of Trance and PossessionIV: Religion and the State, the Nation, the Law22: Phillip E. Hammond and David W. Machacek: Religion and the State23: Christophe Jaffrelot: Religion and Nationalism24: James T. Richardson: Religion and the Law: An Interactionist View25: Enzo Pace: The Socio-cultural and Socio-religious Origins of Human RightsV: Globalisation and its Religious Effects26: Roland Robertson: Globalization, Theocratization and Politicized Civil Rights27: Caroline Plüss: Migration and the Globalization of Religion28: Anson Shupe: Religious Fundamentalism29: Gary D. Bouma: Religious DiversityVI: Standard or Mainstream Religion30: Karel Dobbelaere: The Meaning and Scope of Secularization31: Dean R. Hoge: The Sociology of the Clergy32: Nancy T. Ammerman: Congregations: Local, Social and Religious33: Lorne L. Dawson: Church-Sect-Cult:Constructing Typologies of Religious Groups34: Sam Zubaida: Sects in IslamVII: The Reproduction and Transmission of Religion35: Mathew Guest: The Reproduction and Transmission of Religion36: Wade Clark Roof: Generations and Religion37: Penny Edgell: Religion and Family38: Peter Collins: Religion and Ritual39: Stewart M. Hoover: Religion in the Media40: Gary R. Bunt: Religion and the InternetVIII: New Religion, New Spirituality and Implicit Religion41: David G. Bromley: New Religious Movements42: Eva M. Hamberg: Unchurched Spirituality43: Paul Heelas: Spiritualities of Life44: Kennet Granholm: The Sociology of Esotericism45: Edward Bailey: Implicit ReligionXI: Environmental and Social Issues46: Mary Evelyn Tucker: Religion and Ecology47: Wendy Cadge: Religion, Spirituality and Health: An Institutional Approach48: Titus Hjelm: Religion and Social Problems: A New Theoretical Perspective49: Anne Birgitta Yeung: Religion and Social Problems: Individual and Institutional Responses50: Bryon R. Johnson: The Role of Religious Institutions in Responding to Crime and Delinquency51: Keishin Inaba and Kate Loewenthal: Religion and Altruism52: Mark Juergensmaeyer: Religious Violence53: Michael Kirwan: Girard, Religion, Violence, and Modern MartydomX: Teaching the Sociology of Religion54: Eleanor Nesbitt: The Teacher as Religious Ethnographer55: James V. Spickard: Ethnography/ Religion: Explorations in Field and ClassroomIndex
Review
`This handsome book... is particularly welcome and should find a place in every well-stocked library, both academic and other... I particulary like the mix of experienced and younger scholoars who have been brought together in this volume and applaud the successful attempt to escape from a study of religion informed by Western, primarily Christian, notions of religion. A further question follows from this. Seriously confronting the realities of religion inthe twenty-first century makes new demands on social science, which itself emerged from a similar (i.e., Western) context. To what extent, then, can these demands be met within the parameters of thesociology of religion as we know this? Peter Clarke's meticulously edited volume not only underlines the question, but indicates a way forward. He is to be warmly congratulated.'Grace Davie, Theology`The contributors of these chapters have been chosen from an impressive pool of top international academics in the field. Not only has the editor done a great job in finding leading academics to write on the most topical issues, but also all the contributors have written a very informative piece, using the most recent data and theories. All the chapters are a delight to read...This is an impressive volume that will delight the student as much as the eruditein the field. All the academic libraries should order this volume as it will soon become an essential reference to any subject in the sociology of religion. It is a must for anyone who callshimself/herself a sociologist of religion to have a copy of this book on his/her bookshels.'Adam Possamai, Australian Religion Studies Review
Long Description
The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion draws on the expertise of an international team of scholars providing both an entry point into the sociological study and understanding of religion and an in-depth survey into its changing forms and content in the contemporary world. The role and impact of religion and spirituality on the politics, culture, education and health in the modern world is rigorously discussed and debated. The study of the sociology ofreligion forges interdisciplinary links to explore aspects of continuity and change in the contemporary interface between society and religion. Using a combination of theoretical, methodological andcontent-led approaches, the fifty-seven contributors collectively emphasise the complex relationships between religion and aspects of life from scientific research to law, ecology to art, music to cognitive science, crime to institutional health care and more. The developing character of religion, irreligion and atheism and the impact of religious diversity on social cohesion are explored. An overview of current scholarship in the field is provided in each themed chapter with an emphasis onencouraging new thinking and reflection on familiar and emergent themes to stimulate further debate and scholarship. The resulting essay collection provides an invaluable resource for research andteaching in this diverse discipline.
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`This handsome book... is particularly welcome and should find a place in every well-stocked library, both academic and other... I particulary like the mix of experienced and younger scholoars who have been brought together in this volume and applaud the successful attempt to escape from a study of religion informed by Western, primarily Christian, notions of religion. A further question follows from this. Seriously confronting the realities of religion inthe twenty-first century makes new demands on social science, which itself emerged from a similar (i.e., Western) context. To what extent, then, can these demands be met within the parameters of thesociology of religion as we know this? Peter Clarke's meticulously edited volume not only underlines the question, but indicates a way forward. He is to be warmly congratulated.'Grace Davie, Theology`The contributors of these chapters have been chosen from an impressive pool of top international academics in the field. Not only has the editor done a great job in finding leading academics to write on the most topical issues, but also all the contributors have written a very informative piece, using the most recent data and theories. All the chapters are a delight to read...This is an impressive volume that will delight the student as much as the eruditein the field. All the academic libraries should order this volume as it will soon become an essential reference to any subject in the sociology of religion. It is a must for anyone who callshimself/herself a sociologist of religion to have a copy of this book on his/her bookshels.'Adam Possamai, Australian Religion Studies Review
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"This handsome book... is particularly welcome and should find a place in every well-stocked library, both academic and other... I particulary like the mix of experienced and younger scholoars who have been brought together in this volume and applaud the successful attempt to escape from astudy of religion informed by Western, primarily Christian, notions of religion. A further question follows from this. Seriously confronting the realities of religion in the twenty-first century makes new demands on social science, which itself emerged from a similar (i.e., Western) context. To whatextent, then, can these demands be met within the parameters of the sociology of religion as we know this? Peter Clarke's meticulously edited volume not only underlines the question, but indicates a way forward. He is to be warmly congratulated." --Grace Davie, Theology 25/01/2010
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State-of-the-art survey of the sociology of religion by a team of international expertsFifty-one essays provide coverage on the relation of religion to most aspects of contemporary lifeThematically arranged to aid teaching and studyAn essential primary reference point and spur to further researchThe most comprehensive and authoritative guide available
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1. Introduction:Towards a Global Framework and Organic Understanding of Religion, Peter Clarke I: Theory: Classical, Modern and Postmodern 2. Reappraising Durkheim for the Study and Teaching of Religion, William E. Paden 3. The Uses of Max Weber: Legitimation and Amnesia in Buddhology, South Asian History, and Anthropological Practice Theory, David N. Geller 4. Max Weber: Religion and Modernization, Hans G. Kippenberg 5. Max Weber on Islam and Confucianism: the Kantian Theory of Secularization, Bryan S. Turner 6. Religion in the Works of Habermas, Bourdieu and Foucault, Inger Furseth 7. Rational Choice Theory: A Critique, Malcolm Hamilton 8. Religion and Gender, Sian Hawthorne 9. Religion and Modernity Worldwide, Robert W. Hefner 10. Postmodernism and Religion, Nikolai Wenzel 11. Religion and Power, Meerten ter Borg 12. Culture and Religion, Matt Waggoner I: Method 13. Methodology in the Sociology of Religion, Ole Preben Riis 14. Conceptual Models in the Study of Religion, Jeppe Sinding Jensen 15. Defining Religion: A Social Science Approach, Andre Droogers 16. Explaining Religion through Cognitive Science, K. Helmut Reich III: Religion and related spheres: Morality, Science, Irreligion, Art and Sexuality 17. Science and Religion, William Sims Bainbridge 18. Atheism, William Sims Bainbridge 19. Religion and Morality, John Reeder 20. The Contemporary Convergence of Art and Religion, Robert Wuthnow 21. The Social Roots and Meaning of Trance and Possession, I. M. Lewis IV: Religion and the State, the Nation, the Law 22. Religion and the State, Phillip E. Hammond and David W. Machacek 23. Religion and Nationalism, Christophe Jaffrelot 24. Religion and the Law: An Interactionist View, James T. Richardson 25. The Socio-cultural and Socio-religious Origins of Human Rights, Enzo Pace V: Globalisation and its Religious Effects 26. Globalization, Theocratization and Politicized Civil Rights, Roland Robertson 27. Migration and the Globalization of Religion, Caroline Pluss 28. Religious Fundamentalism, Anson Shupe 29. Religious Diversity, Gary D. Bouma VI: Standard or Mainstream Religion 30. The Meaning and Scope of Secularization, Karel Dobbelaere 31. The Sociology of the Clergy, Dean R. Hoge 32. Congregations: Local, Social and Religious, Nancy T. Ammerman 33. Church-Sect-Cult:Constructing Typologies of Religious Groups, Lorne L. Dawson 34. Sects in Islam, Sam Zubaida VII: The Reproduction and Transmission of Religion 35. The Reproduction and Transmission of Religion, Mathew Guest 36. Generations and Religion, Wade Clark Roof 37. Religion and Family, Penny Edgell 38. Religion and Ritual, Peter Collins 39. Religion in the Media, Stewart M. Hoover 40. Religion and the Internet, Gary R. Bunt VIII: New Religion, New Spirituality and Implicit Religion 41. New Religious Movements, David G. Bromley 42. Unchurched Spirituality, Eva M. Hamberg 43. Spiritualities of Life, Paul Heelas 44. The Sociology of Esotericism, Kennet Granholm 45. Implicit Religion, Edward Bailey XI: Environmental and Social Issues 46. Religion and Ecology, Mary Evelyn Tucker 47. Religion, Spirituality and Health: An Institutional Approach, Wendy Cadge 48. Religion and Social Problems: A New Theoretical Perspective, Titus Hjelm 49. Religion and Social Problems: Individual and Institutional Responses, Anne Birgitta Yeung 50. The Role of Religious Institutions in Responding to Crime and Delinquency, Bryon R. Johnson 51. Religion and Altruism, Keishin Inaba and Kate Loewenthal 52. Religious Violence, Mark Juergensmaeyer 53. Girard, Religion, Violence, and Modern Martydom, Michael Kirwan X: Teaching the Sociology of Religion 54. The Teacher as Religious Ethnographer, Eleanor Nesbitt 55. Ethnography/ Religion: Explorations in Field and Classroom, James V. Spickard Index
Details ISBN0199588961 Author Peter Clarke Year 2011 ISBN-10 0199588961 ISBN-13 9780199588961 Media Book Pages 1064 Publisher Oxford University Press Short Title OXFORD HANDBK OF THE SOCIOLOGY Language English DEWEY 306.6 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Peter Clarke Series Oxford Handbooks UK Release Date 2011-02-03 AU Release Date 2011-02-03 NZ Release Date 2011-02-03 Publication Date 2011-02-03 Format Paperback Alternative 9780199279791 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this
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