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Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y

Author : Adam Possamai
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134937741
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y written by Adam Possamai and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generations X and Y are plugged into the contemporary world of consumption, popular culture, and the internet. These generations treat knowledge and belief as a more flexible concept, often focusing on the practical rather than the theoretical and often drawing on conflicting sources in both popular and cyber culture. Their approach to religious belief and practice requires a new way of studying the sociology of religion. 'Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y' examines key world religions - Buddhism, Christianity and Islam - as well as newer religious groups, such as Scientology, New Age, Witchcraft and online communities such as Jediism and Matrixism. The book covers a range of key concepts: secularisation and modernisation, re-enchantment, the 'McDonaldisation' of society, and the easternisation of the west. Each chapter opens with a case study from popular culture or the internet which takes the reader to the heart of the topic being discussed. Employing both classical sociological theory and contemporary critical theory, 'Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y' explains where contemporary religion and spirituality are coming from, where they are now, and where they are going.

Responding Faithfully to Generation X

Author : Rev. Dr. Christopher Doyle
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1664268766
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Responding Faithfully to Generation X written by Rev. Dr. Christopher Doyle and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research, writing and analysis in the pages of this work show the story of how Generation X grew-up during one of the greatest periods of technological, social, political, economic and educational change in US history. Included in that story is how the greater percentage of them grew-up in the church, but then walked away en masse. Today, Generation X is the smallest percentage of Main Line and Catholic Church membership, while the overwhelming majority of church membership is made up of an aging population of Baby Boomers and Silent Generation folk. In ten year's time, what will be the state of the church when many of the current membership has passed on to eternal life, or are no longer able to do what it is that they're doing today? Generation X could well be the answer to much of the solution. Generation X is generally at a more comfortable place in their lives and are asking the questions about the meaning of their lives while considering issues of mortality. Yet at the same time, they're having now to care for parents, grandchildren, and for many Gen Xers, their own children still. They're busy and committed, but they're also spiritually hungry. Having had a relationship at one point in their lives, they're not completely foreign to what the church can be, but the ball is really in the church's court. How the church chooses to respond to Generation X could mean life, or church closure. It's a conversation that needs to take place, and that conversation begins here.

Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach

Author : James M Henslin
Publisher : Pearson Higher Education AU
ISBN 13 : 1442562269
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach written by James M Henslin and published by Pearson Higher Education AU. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Henslin has always been able to share the excitement of sociology, with his acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach and personal writing style that highlight the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives. Adapted for students studying within Australia, this text, now in a second edition, has been made even more relevant and engaging to students. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, the local author team share their passion for sociology, promote sociology to students and entice them to delve deeper into this exciting science. Six central themes run throughout this text: down-to-earth sociology, globalisation, cultural diversity, critical thinking, the new technology, and the growing influence of the mass media on our lives. These themes are especially useful for introducing the controversial topics that make studying sociology such a lively, exciting activity.

Religion, Spirituality and Secularity among Millennials

Author : Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000634639
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Spirituality and Secularity among Millennials written by Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-19 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the world of religion, spirituality and secularity among the Millennial generation in the United States and Canada, with a focus on the ways Millennials are doing (non)religion differently in their social lives compared with their parents and grandparents. It considers the influences exercised on the (non)religious and spiritual landscapes of young adults in North America by the digital age, precarious work, growing pluralism, extreme individualism, environmental crisis, advanced urbanism, expanded higher education, emerging adulthood, and a secular age. Based on extensive primary and secondary quantitative data, complemented with high-quality qualitative research, including interviews and focus groups, this book offers cross-national comparisons between the United States and Canada to highlight the impact of different social environments on the experience of religion, spirituality and secularity among the continent’s most numerous generation. As such, it will appeal to scholars of religion and sociology, with interests in religious and societal change as well as in religious practice among young adults.

Families and Faith

Author : Vern L. Bengtson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190675152
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Families and Faith written by Vern L. Bengtson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Families and Faith, Vern Bengtson examines how religion is--or is not--passed down from one generation to the next. Armed with unprecedented data collected over more than four decades from more than 2400 individuals, Bengtson offers remarkable insight into American religion over the course of several decades.

Religion, Media, and Social Change

Author : Kennet Granholm
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131780418X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Media, and Social Change written by Kennet Granholm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of heightened globalization, macro-level transformations in the general socioeconomic and cultural makeup of modern societies have been studied in great depth. Yet little attention has been paid to the growing influence of media and mass-mediated popular culture on contemporary religious sensibilities, life, and practice. Religion, Media, and Social Change explores the correlation between the study of religion, media, and popular culture and broader sociological theorizing on religious change. Contributions devote serious attention to broadly-defined media including technologies, institutions, and social and cultural environments, as well as mass-mediated popular culture such as film, music, television, and computer games. This interdisciplinary collection addresses important theoretical and methodological questions by connecting the study of media and popular culture to current perspectives, approaches, and discussions in the broader sociological study of religion.

Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood

Author : Andy Furlong
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317619897
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood written by Andy Furlong and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second and completely revised edition of the Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood draws on the work of leading academics from four continents in order to introduce up-to-date perspectives on a wide range of issues that affect and shape youth and young adulthood. It provides a multi-disciplinary overview of a dynamic field of study that offers unique insights on social change in advanced societies. It is aimed at researchers, policy-makers and advanced students on a global level. The Handbook introduces the main theoretical perspectives used within youth studies and sets out future research agendas. Each of the ten sections covers an important area of research – from education and the labour market to youth cultures, health and crime – discussing change and continuity in the lives of young people, introducing readers to some of the most important work in the field, while highlighting the underlying perspectives that have been used to understand the complexity of modern youth and young adulthood.

GenX Religion

Author : Richard W. Flory
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135280851
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book GenX Religion written by Richard W. Flory and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GenX Religion is the first in-depth collection on this generation's religious experience. The contributors, mostly GenXers themselves, offer both a disciplined methodology and a valuable insider's sensitivity as they examine the differences between GenX religion and "traditional" religious avenues.

Why Baby Boomers Turned from Religion

Author : Abby Day
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191957598
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Why Baby Boomers Turned from Religion written by Abby Day and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mocked, vilified, blamed and significantly misunderstood - the 'Baby Boomers' are members of the generation of post-WWII babies who came of age in the 1960s. Their parents of the 1940s and 1950s raised their Boomer children to be church-attenders and respectable, and yet in some ways demonstrated an ambivalence that permitted their children to spurn religion and to eventually raise their own children to be the least religious generation ever. The Baby Boomers studied here, living in the UK and Canada, were the last generation to have been routinely baptised and taken regularly to mainstream, Anglican churches. So, what went wrong - or, perhaps, right? This book, based on in-depth interviews and compared to other studies and data is the first to offer a sociological account of the sudden transition from religious parents to non-religious children and grand-children, focusing exclusively on this generation of ex-Anglican Boomers. Now in their 60s and 70s, the Boomers featured here make sense of their lives and the world they helped create. They discuss how they continue to dis-believe in God yet have an easy relationship with ghosts and did not, as theologians are wont to argue, fall into an immoral self-centred abyss, but forged different practices and sites (whether in 'this world' or 'elsewhere') of meaning, morality, community and transcendence. They also reveal the kind of values, practices and beliefs they transmitted to the future generations, helping shape non-religious identities of Generation X, the Millennials and Generation Z"--

Religion in Sociological Perspective

Author : Keith A. Roberts
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452275807
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Religion in Sociological Perspective written by Keith A. Roberts and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully updated Sixth Edition of Religion in Sociological Perspective introduces students to the basic theories and methods in the field, and shows them how to apply these analytic tools to new groups they encounter. Authors Keith A Roberts and David Yamane explore three interdependent subsystems of religion—meaning, structure, and belonging—and their connections to the larger social structure. While they cover the major theoretical paradigms of the field and employ various middle-range theories to explore specific processes, they use the open systems model as a single unifying framework to integrate the theories and enhance student understanding.

Embedded Faith

Author : Carlton Johnstone
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1625641230
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Embedded Faith written by Carlton Johnstone and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embedded Faith explores the way Christian faith journeys of young adults are embedded within church communities. It discusses why young adults go to church, why they change churches, why some are involved in the practice of church two-timing, and what they are looking for in a church. Embedded Faith also provides valuable insight into the relationship between geographic mobility and belonging to a faith community in a transient age. Embedded Faith discusses areas where young adults are engaging and disengaging with church life, such as preaching and worship. It addresses how stage of life transitions and life experience impact on one's experience and involvement in church. This book will enable anyone working with young adults in a church context to give shape to a ministry that is more sensitive and connected to the realities faced by young adults, and will call you to the importance of listening to the lived experience of young adults as it relates to faith and church.

Subversive Spirituality

Author : L Paul Jensen
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 022790351X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (279 download)

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Download or read book Subversive Spirituality written by L Paul Jensen and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subversive Spirituality links the practice and study of Christian spirituality with Christian mission. It develops a twofold thesis: grace, spiritual disciplines, and mission practices are inseparably linked in the mission of Jesus, of the early church, and of several historical renewal movements, as well as in a contemporary field research sample; and amidst the collapse of space and time evidenced by our culture's increasingly hurried pace of life, more time and space are needed for regular solitary and communal spiritual practices in church, mission, and leadership structures if Christian mission is to transform people and culture in our time. This requires a subversion of the collapsed spatial and temporal codes that have infected our Christian institutions. Jensen employs methods and approaches from a variety of academic disciplines to explore both spirituality in terms of space and time and mission in terms of deed and word. Specifically, Jensen examines the spirituality and mission of Jesus, the early church, the apostolic fathers, Origen, the Devotio Moderna, the early Jesuits, David Brainerd, and several women in 19th century Protestant missions. He considers the spirituality and mission that have arisen within the postmodern generations born after 1960. Based on the theological, historical, cultural, and field analyses of this study, a model for spirituality and mission is proposed. The model addresses the contemporary collapse of space and time and appears to havewidespread applicability to diverse cultures and eras. Jensen's model is applied to the pluralistic and postmodern milieu of North America with recommendations for spirituality and mission in church, mission, and educational structures. A derivativemodel for teaching and practicing spirituality and mission in the academy, which also has application for non-formal leadership development structures, is also proposed.

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion

Author : Giuseppe Giordan
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004193723
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion written by Giuseppe Giordan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion (ARSR) is to investigate the “new” role of religion in the contemporary world, which is characterized by cultural pluralism and religious individualism.

After the Baby Boomers

Author : Robert Wuthnow
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400831229
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book After the Baby Boomers written by Robert Wuthnow and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the profound impact the post-World War II baby boomers had on American religion. But the lifestyles and beliefs of the generation that has followed--and the influence these younger Americans in their twenties and thirties are having on the face of religion--are not so well understood. It is this next wave of post-boomers that Robert Wuthnow examines in this illuminating book. What are their churchgoing habits and spiritual interests and needs? How does their faith affect their families, their communities, and their politics? Interpreting new evidence from scores of in-depth interviews and surveys, Wuthnow reveals a generation of younger adults who, unlike the baby boomers that preceded them, are taking their time establishing themselves in careers, getting married, starting families of their own, and settling down--resulting in an estimated six million fewer regular churchgoers. He shows how the recent growth in evangelicalism is tapering off, and traces how biblical literalism, while still popular, is becoming less dogmatic and more preoccupied with practical guidance. At the same time, Wuthnow explains how conflicts between religious liberals and conservatives continue--including among new immigrant groups such as Hispanics and Asians--and how in the absence of institutional support many post-boomers have taken a more individualistic, improvised approach to spirituality. Wuthnow's fascinating analysis also explores the impacts of the Internet and so-called virtual churches, and the appeal of megachurches. After the Baby Boomers offers us a tantalizing look at the future of American religion for decades to come.

The Sociology of Religion

Author : Roberto Cipriani
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781412839051
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Religion written by Roberto Cipriani and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In adopting an international perspective that goes beyond the conventional framework of western theology, this volume bridges the divide between European and North American scholars through its careful retrieval of their common theoretical and research interests. Cipriani provides a critical analysis of both classical thought and contemporary currents in this readable text, aimed at both experts and students. He has achieved a broadening in the scientific approach to the study of religion.

The Sociology of Religion

Author : George Lundskow
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452245185
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Religion written by George Lundskow and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Sociology of Religion texts are decidedly staid and uninteresting, covering "contemporary" developments which are only contemporary only from a disciplinary perspective. They are not contemporary if viewed from the perspective of the religion's practioners (in religious and non-religious settings). The textbooks that attempt to be interesting to undergraduate students often fall short because they either try to cover too much in an encyclopedic format, or sacrifice a sociological perspective for a personal one. Many use real-life examples only superficially to illustrate concepts. Lundskow's approach is the opposite—students will learn the facts of religion in its great diversity, all the most interesting and compelling beliefs and practices, and then learn relevant concepts that can be used to explain empirical observations. The book thus follows the logic of actual research—investigate and then analyze—rather than approaching concepts with no real bearing on how religion is experienced in society. This approach, using provocative examples and with an eye toward the historical and theoretical, not to mention global experience of religion, will make this book a success in the classroom. The author envisions a substantive approach that examines religion as it actually exists in all its forms, including belief, ritual, daily living, identity, institutions, social movements, social control, and social change. Within these broad categories, the book will devote particular chapters to important historical moments and movements, leaders, and various individual religions that have shaped the contemporary form and effect of religion in the world today.

An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion

Author : Professor Pål Repstad
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 140947710X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion written by Professor Pål Repstad and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion provides an overview of sociological theories of contemporary religious life. Some chapters are organized according to topic. Others offer brief presentations of classical and contemporary sociologists from Karl Marx to Zygmunt Bauman and their perspectives on social life, including religion. Throughout the book, illustrations and examples are taken from several religious traditions.