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Religion and modern society : citizenship, secularisation and the state /

Religion is now high on the public agenda, with recent events focusing the world's attention on Islam in particular. This book provides a unique historical and comparative analysis of the place of religion in the emergence of modern secular society. Bryan S. Turner considers the problems of mul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Turner, Bryan S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.