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An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives

by Inger Furseth
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781032002590
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
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  • Pages: 440
  • Original Price: GBP 40.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 578 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

What are religion and nonreligion? How do fundamentalism and religious radicalization emerge and grow? How do 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 on 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.

Inger Furseth is a Professor in Sociology at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Pål Repstad is a Professor Emeritus in Sociology of Religion at the University of Agder, Norway.

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