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Sociology of religion :

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1412854679

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9781412854672

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Sociology of religion :

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[Book]

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an historical introduction /

First Statement of Responsibility

Roberto Cipriani ; translated by Laura Ferrarotti ; with a new introduction by Howard G. Schneiderman

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxvi, 304 pages ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Text of Note

Preface to the English edition -- The sociological definition of religion -- Part I. The origins. The historical-philosophical background -- August Comte (1798-1857): the universal religion -- Tocqueville (1805-1859 ): religion and democracy -- Bergson (1859-1941): religion and "élan vital" -- The contribution of anthropology -- Part II. The classics. Durkheim (1858-1917): religious forms -- Weber (1864-1920): universal religions -- Simmel (1858-1918): religiosity and religion -- Freud (1856-1939): the psychic dimension of religion -- William James (1842-1910): psychosocial perspective -- Part III. The contemporaries. Religion as universal -- The macrosociological approach -- The historical-cultural dynamics -- The Frankfurt School and religion -- The new European perspectives -- The socioanthropological perspectives -- Part IV. Recent developments. Secularization -- Religious pluralism -- Robert Bellah (1927-2013): civil religion -- North American trends -- The European trends -- Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998): religion as function -- The new religious movements

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General Material Designation

Manuale di sociologia della religione.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Religion and sociology

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Cipriani, Roberto

Date of Transaction

20150926044122.6

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