History, time, meaning, and memory ideas for the sociology of religion / [electronic resource] : edited by Barbara Jones Denison. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 267 p.) - Religion and the social order, v. 20 1061-5210 ; . - Religion and the social order ; v. 20. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface: Traveling through time / William H. Swatos, Jr. -- Introduction: History, time, meaning, and memory in the sociology of religion / Barbara Jones Denison -- Clio goes to church, again : places for history in the sociology of religion / Kevin J. Christiano -- The history of meaning / William H. Swatos, Jr. -- Historical observation in the sociology of religion : a view from within the communicative networks of two scientific disciplines / Peter Beyer -- Past in the present : indigenous leadership and party politics among the Amasiri of Southeastern Nigeria / Elijah Obinna -- The development and major problems of religious legislation in Taiwan / Pen-Hsuan Lin -- Developing a historical sociology of nationalism and state secularization in Latin America / Jonathan Eastwood -- Religion and deviance : theocrats vs. democrats / Nachman Ben-Yehuda -- On the processes and problematics of representing divinity : Dio Chrysostom (ca. 40-120) and the pragmatist motif / Robert Prus -- The genres of religious freedom : creating discourses on religion at the State Department / Rick Moore -- Afterword : what is history? / John H. Simpson.

9789004215610 (electronic bk.) 9004215611 (electronic bk.)


Religion and sociology.
History--Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion


Electronic books.

BL60 / .D46 2011eb

306.6