03885cam a2200757Mi 4500 ocn872686355 OCoLC 20200709060544.0 m d cr |n||||||||| 130303t20132013cau ob 001 0 eng d CNSPO eng pn CNSPO OCLCO OCLCF YDXCP EBLCP CN3GA DEBSZ OCLCQ N$T 828793655 080478793X (electronic bk.) 9780804787932 (electronic bk.) 9780804743280 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0804743282 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780804743297 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0804743290 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 40021618508 1519312 (N$T) (OCoLC)872686355 (OCoLC)828793655 eng ger BL60 .L83513 2013 POL 038000 bisacsh SOC 002010 bisacsh SOC 022000 bisacsh 306.6 23 MAIN Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998, author. Religion der Gesellschaft. English A systems theory of religion [electronic resource] / Niklas Luhmann ; Edited by André Kieserling ; Translated by David A. Brenner with Adrian Hermann. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (303 pages. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cultural memory in the present "Originally published in German under the title Die Religion der Gesellschaft." Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Cover; Series Page; Contents; Editor's Note; 1. Religion as a Form of Meaning; 2. Coding; 3. The Function of Religion; 4. The Contingency Formula "God"; 5. The Differentiation of Religious Communication; 6. Religious Organizations; 7. The Evolution of Religion; 8. Secularization; 9. Self-Description; Notes; Index. A Systems Theory of Religion, still unfinished at Niklas Luhmann's death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the editorial work of André Kieserling. One of Luhmann's most important projects, it exemplifies his later work while redefining the subject matter of the sociology of religion. Religion, for Luhmann, is one of the many functionally differentiated social systems that make up modern society. All such subsystems consist entirely of communications and all are ""autopoietic, "" which is to say, self-organizing and self-generating. Here, Luhmann expla. Religion and sociology. Social systems. System theory. Religion and sociology. Social systems. System theory. Religion and sociology. fast (OCoLC)fst01093858 Social systems. fast (OCoLC)fst01123410 System theory. fast (OCoLC)fst01141423 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture bisacsh Electronic books. Kieserling, André, editor. Print version: Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998. Religion der Gesellschaft. English. Systems theory of religion. 9780804743280 0804743282 (DLC) 2012031152 Cultural memory in the present. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1519312 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1124457 YBP Library Services YANK 10245798 EBSCOhost EBSC 1519312 92 N$T 57339 57339