New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion
[Book]
/ edited by Bryan S. Turner
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ;Malden, MA
: Wiley-Blackwell
, 2010.
xvii, 691 p.
(Blackwell Companions to Sociology)
Print
Bibliograph
Index
Introduction: Mapping the sociology of religion / Bryan S. Turner - Part I: The foundations - The sociology of religion : the foundations / Andrew McKinnon - Durkheim and after : religion, culture, and politics / William Ramp - The functional theory of religion / Victor Lidz - Recent developments in the anthropology of religion / Simon Coleman - Part II: From secularization to resacralisation - Secularization / Steve Bruce - American exceptionalism? / John Torpey - Resacralization / Grace Davie - Part III: New developments - Rational choice and the sociology of religion / David Lehmann - The religious habitus : embodiment, religion, and sociological theory / Philip Mellor and Chris Shilling - Women, religions, and feminisms / Fang-Long Shih - Part IV: Institutionalization : old and new forms - New research on megachurches : non-denominationalism and sectarianism / Steven Ellingson - The sociology of spirituality : reflections on a problematic endeavour / Matthew Wood - Arguing against darwinism : religion, science, and public morality / Michael Evans and John Evans - Part V: Sociology of comparative religions - The sociology of early Christianity : from history to theory, and back again / Joseph Bryant - Judaism : covenant, pluralism, and piety / Alan Mittleman - Sociology and anthropology of Islam : a critical debate / Gabriele Marranci - Approaches to the study of Buddhism / Catherine Newell - Sociology of Hinduism / Patrap Kumar Penumala - Religious awakening in China under communist rule : a political economy approach / Fenggang Yang - Native American religious traditions : a sociological approach / Dennis Kelly - Part VI: Globalization - Globalization and the sociology of religion / Lionel Obadia - Pentecostalism and Charismatic movements in a global perspective / Afe Adogame - Fundamentalism / Richard T. Antoun - Religion, media, and and globalization / Jeremy Stolow - Toward a sociology of religious commodification / Pattana Kitiarsa - Women and piety movements / Rachel Rinaldo - Religion and nationalism : a critical re-examination / Geneviaaeve Zubrzycki - Part VII: The future of religion - The future of religion / Andrew Wernick - Religion in post-secular society / Bryan S. Turner. Reflecting the latest developments in the field, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of religion with a clear emphasis on comparative and historical approaches. It covers major debates in secularization theory, rational choice theory, feminism, and the body