\ Roberto Cipriani ; translated by Laura Ferrarotti ; with a new introduction by Howard G. Schneiderman.
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New Brunswick, New Jersey
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: Transaction Publishers
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, [2015]
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xxvi, 304 p.
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Preface to the english edition -- The sociological definition of religion -- The origins -- The historical-philosophical background -- The universal religion of Auguste Comte (1798-1857) -- Tocqueville (1805-1859 ): religion and democracy -- Bergson (1859-1941) : religion and "lan vital" -- The contribution of anthropology -- The classics -- Durkheim's (1858-1917) religious forms -- Weber's (1864-1920) universal religions -- Religiosity and religion in Simmel (1858-1918) -- Freud (1856-1939) : the psychic dimension of religion -- Religion in William James's (1842-1910) -- The contemporaries -- Religion as universal -- The macrosociological approach -- The historical-cultural dynamics -- The Frankfurt School and religion -- The new European perspectives -- The socioanthropological perspectives -- Recent developments -- Secularization -- Religious pluralism -- Civil religion in Robert Bellah (1927-) -- North American trends -- The European trends -- Religion as function in the work of Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998) -- The new religious movements -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Author index -- General index.