{"product_id":"religion-and-social-theory-9780803985698","title":"Religion and Social Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bryan S. Turner | B. S. Turner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Sage Publications UK\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications UK\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology of Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second edition of this major book on the social analysis of religion incorporates a substantial new introduction by Bryan S Turner. \u003cb\u003eReligion and Social Theory \u003c\/b\u003eassesses the different theoretical approaches to the social function of religion. Turner discusses at length the ideas of key contributors to these approaches (including Engels, Durkheim, Weber, Nietzsche, Freud, Parsons, Marcuse, Habermas and Foucault). In so doing, he develops a distinctive perspective on the role of religion as an institutional link between economic and human reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial theories of religion are explored through a resolutely comparative and historical analysis of the Abrahamic faiths - Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Relating c\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications UK","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614457643159,"sku":"9780803985698","price":15087.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780803985698.webp?v=1775093869","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/religion-and-social-theory-9780803985698","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}