Religion and Modern Society Paperback: Citizenship, Secularisation and the State - Softcover

Turner, Bryan S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521675324 ISBN 13: 9780521675321

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

As societies become more diverse due to migration and multiculturalism, we need solutions to the potential for religious conflict. This book offers a unique look at the impact of globalisation on religion, providing a historical and comparative analysis of the place of religion in modern secular society.

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'A distinguished display of theoretical sophistication and empirical richness that restores religion to its rightful position at the centre of sociological debates about modernity, globalization, multiculturalism, consumerism, cosmopolitanism and citizenship. Bryan Turner's highly readable book is full of original and provocative contributions towards a fresh understanding of religion and spirituality at the level of individuals, nations and global society.' James A. Beckford, University of Warwick

'Bryan Turner's intellectual breadth and his deep appreciation of religion as a global force converge in an insightful analysis of the many ways in which religion, politics, and everyday culture interpenetrate today.' Michele Dillon, Professor of Sociology, University of New Hampshire

'In advancing a comparative sociology of global religion, Bryan Turner produces a penetrating, if controversial, counterpoint to the common assumption that we are in a robustly, even violently, sacralised age. He clinically interrogates conventional assumptions and makes the compelling argument that a globalised market economy has encouraged both a sliding scale of church-state separation and commercialised social religion: not the 'revenge of God', but secularisation of an often unappealing kind. All who think, or worry, about the impact of religious affiliation on society and politics need to read this book.' James Piscatori, Durham University

'By placing globalization at the center of studies of religion, and religion at the center of contemporary social theorizing, Turner has produced a volume that will be widely read by scholars concerned about religion, globalization, and the social sciences more broadly. This volume would be ideal for graduate level social theory courses and those in the sociology of religion addressing central theoretical issues in the field.' Wendy Cadge, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews

'... this is a sophisticated take on a topic that has terrific importance in today's world.' George Soroka, Journal of Church and State

'It is a praiseworthy work that reminds sociologists to maintain a balance between specialized research subfields and the borders of interdisciplinary debate, between theoretical criticism and conceptual clarification, and between empirical richness and normative expectation. Thus, Religion and Modern Society is not only an endeavor of sociology of religion which moves beyond the secularization theme and the rational choice approach to religion; it is also an accomplishment that melds body studies, citizenship studies, social theory, and social research into a sociological intervention of both the public issues of religions and the humanity debate of post-secularity ... This book is highly recommended to researchers interested in sociology of religion, social theory, and humanity studies of religion.' Society

Biografía del autor

Bryan S. Turner is Presidential Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York Graduate School and Director of the Committee on Religion. He is a prominent figure in the field of the sociology of religion and editor of The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology (2006).

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521675324
• ISBN 13: 9780521675321
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 374