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100	1		_aFurseth, Inger and Repstad, Pal _eauthor.
245	1	3	_aAn Introduction to the Sociology of Religion: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives
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260			_aLondon _bRoutledge _c2024
300			_a318p
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aSociological perspectives on religion -- Religion and nonreligion - definitions and dimensions -- Classical sociologists and their theories of religion -- Religion in contemporary sociology and cultural analysis -- Great narratives : Modernity, postmodernity, secularization, and globalization -- Individual religiosity and nonreligiosity -- Race, ethnicity, and religion -- Religion, gender, and sexuality -- Religion and social class -- Religious organizations - typologies and processes -- Social and religious movements, radicalization, and violence -- Religion, nation, state, and politics.
520			_a"What is religion and nonreligion? How does fundamentalism and religious radicalization emerge and grow? How does social class, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and other factors affect religious beliefs, practices, and organizations? Is religion a fundamental driving force or do political leaders use religion for their own purposes? In exploring these pertinent questions, An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion provides an overview of sociological theories of contemporary religious life. Theoretical discussion is accompanied by presentations of empirical research from several religious traditions in many parts of the world. The sociology of religion is linked closely to developments in general sociology. Some chapters are organized according to topic, while others offer brief presentations of classical and contemporary sociologists from Karl Marx to Patricia Hill Collins and their perspectives on social life, including religion. This second edition has been thoroughly updated throughout with new chapters on religion and social inequalities, social and religious movements, and extremism. Covering classical sociology of religion as well as contemporary debates and topics, this book is ideal reading for students approaching the sociology of religion for the first time"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aReligion and sociology.
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