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Religion and modern society [electronic resource] : citizenship, secularisation and the state / Bryan S. Turner.

By: Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 344 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781139076869 (electronic bk.)
  • 1139076868 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion and modern society.DDC classification:
  • 306.6 22
LOC classification:
  • BL60 .T85 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: the state of the sociology of religion -- 1. Religion, religions and the body -- 2. Emile Durkheim and the classification of religion -- 3. Max Weber and comparative religion -- 4. Talcott Parsons and the expressive revolution -- 5. Mary Douglas and modern primitives -- 6. Pierre Bourdieu and religious practice -- 7. The secularization thesis -- 8. Legal pluralism, religion and multiculturalism -- 9. Managing religions: liberal and authoritarian states -- 10. Religious speech: on ineffable communication -- 11. Spiritualities: the media, feminism and consumerism -- 12. Religion, globalization and cosmopolitanism -- 13. Civil religion, citizenship and the business cycle -- 14. The globalization of piety.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-332) and index.

Introduction: the state of the sociology of religion -- 1. Religion, religions and the body -- 2. Emile Durkheim and the classification of religion -- 3. Max Weber and comparative religion -- 4. Talcott Parsons and the expressive revolution -- 5. Mary Douglas and modern primitives -- 6. Pierre Bourdieu and religious practice -- 7. The secularization thesis -- 8. Legal pluralism, religion and multiculturalism -- 9. Managing religions: liberal and authoritarian states -- 10. Religious speech: on ineffable communication -- 11. Spiritualities: the media, feminism and consumerism -- 12. Religion, globalization and cosmopolitanism -- 13. Civil religion, citizenship and the business cycle -- 14. The globalization of piety.

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