Religion, Culture & Society ：A Global Approach ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：A Global Approach

Publication series ：1

Author： Singleton   Andrew  

Publisher： Sage Publications Ltd‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9781473904484

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781446202906

Subject： B9 Religion

Keyword： 宗教

Language： ENG

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A rich and dynamic introduction to the varieties of religious life and the central issues in the sociology of religion today. It leads the reader through the key ideas and main debates within the field as well as offering in-depth descriptions and analysis of specific religions and movements.

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RELIGION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION: RELIGION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY

PART I: MAKING SENSE OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS CHANGE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES

CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY?

CHAPTER 2: MODERN TIMES: CLASSICAL APPROACHES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION

CHAPTER 3: TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHALLENGES, TWENTIETH-CENTURY THINKERS

CHAPTER 4: TOWARDS CONTEMPORARY THEORIZING: SECULARIZATION, THE ‘RELIGIOUS ECONOMY’ AND GLOBALIZATION

CHAPTER 5: STUDYING CONTEMPORARY RELIGION: METHODS AND DATA

PART II: WINDS OF CHANGE: RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD

CHAPTER 6: POST-CHRISTIAN NATIONS? CHRISTIANITY’S DECLINE IN GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA AND CANADA

CHAPTER 7: ONE NATION UNDER GOD? AMERICAN ‘EXCEPTIONALISM’

CHAPTER 8: CHRISTIAN VITALITY? ASIA-PACIFIC, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA

CHAPTER 9: BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD

CHAPTER 10: THE RISE OF THE GLOBAL UMMAH? RECENT TRENDS IN ISLAM

CHAPTER 11: ‘LIVED’ RELIGION IN EVERYDAY LIFE

CHAPTER 12: THE END OF RELIGION? THE NEW ATHEISM AND SECULARISM

CHAPTER 13: THE FUTURE OF RELIGION? YOUNG PEOPLE, RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

REFERENCES

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