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Sociology of the Sacred

Author : Philip A Mellor
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473907373
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Sociology of the Sacred written by Philip A Mellor and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "About time! Two key experts in the field remind us of the significance and power of religion as bio-political and bio-economic." - Beverley Skeggs, Goldsmiths, University of London "A welcome addition to a continuing body of work by two distinguished theorists of religion." - Grace Davie, University of Exeter "Mellor and Shilling cement their place at the pinnacle of the contemporary sociological theorisation of religion and the sacred. If sociological work is going to have any future it is to be found in the inspiration and excitement of this sophisticated and intelligent book." - Keith Tester, University of Hull "This book is ambitious, refreshing and rewarding. It offers the best available analysis of the complex interlacing of the sacred, religion, secularization and embodied experience." - James A. Beckford, University of Warwick Drawing on classical and contemporary social theory, Sociology of the Sacred presents a bold and original account of how interactions between religious and secular forms of the sacred underpin major conflicts in the world today, and illuminate broader patterns of social and cultural change inherent to global modernity. It demonstrates: How the bodily capacities help religions adapt to social change but also facilitate their internal transformation That the ‘sacred’ includes a diverse range of phenomena, with variable implications for questions of social order and change How proponents of a ‘post-secular’ age have failed to grasp the ways in which sacralization can advance secularization Why the sociology of the sacred needs to be a key part of attempts to make sense of the nature and directionality of social change in global modernity today. This book is key reading for the sociology of religion, the body and modern culture.

The Sociology of Sacred Texts

Author : Jon Davies
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Sacred Texts written by Jon Davies and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1993 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume analyse the variety of conceptions we have of the sacred, and of what constitutes a sacred text. They do so from the perspectives of literature, theology and the social sciences. Particular attention is paid to the process of sacralization. The papers fall into two groups. First, there are those that explore the cononical process by which sacred texts emerge and are recognized as authoritative by a community. Secondly, there are those that attempt to expand our conception of the sacred texts that exist alongside the 'official' sacred text(s) and that although often 'hidden', retain the power to challenge or subvert the world-view enshrined in the established canon.

The Death of Sacred Texts

Author : Kristina Myrvold
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317036409
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Death of Sacred Texts written by Kristina Myrvold and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Death of Sacred Texts draws attention to a much neglected topic in the study of sacred texts: the religious and ritual attitudes towards texts which have become old and damaged and can no longer be used for reading practices or in religious worship. This book approaches religious texts and scriptures by focusing on their physical properties and the dynamic interactions of devices and habits that lie beneath and within a given text. In the last decades a growing body of research studies has directed attention to the multiple uses and ways people encounter written texts and how they make them alive, even as social actors, in different times and cultures. Considering religious people seem to have all the motives for giving their sacred texts a respectful symbolic treatment, scholars have paid surprisingly little attention to the ritual procedures of disposing and renovating old texts. This book fills this gap, providing empirical data and theoretical analyses of historical and contemporary religious attitudes towards, and practices of text disposals within, seven world religions: Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. Exploring the cultural and historical variations of rituals for religious scriptures and texts (such as burials, cremations and immersion into rivers) and the underlying beliefs within the religious traditions, this book investigates how these religious practices and stances respond to modernization and globalization processes when new technologies have made it possible to mass-produce and publish religious texts on the Internet.

The Sacred in the Modern World

Author : Gordon Lynch
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199557012
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Sacred in the Modern World written by Gordon Lynch and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-interpreting Durkheim's theory of the sacred, this book sets out a theory of the sacred for use across a range of humanities and social science disciplines and draws on contemporary case study material to show how sacred forms - whether in 'religious' or 'secular' guise - continue to shape social life in the modern world.

The Sociology of Religion

Author : George Lundskow
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506319602
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 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: Using a lively narrative, The Sociology of Religion is an insightful text that investigates the facts of religion in all its great diversity, including its practices and beliefs, and then analyzes actual examples of religious developments using relevant conceptual frameworks. As a result, students actively engage in the discovery, learning, and analytical processes as they progress through the text. Organized around essential topics and real-life issues, this unique text examines religion both as an object of sociological analysis as well as a device for seeking personal meaning in life. The book provides sociological perspectives on religion while introducing students to relevant research from interdisciplinary scholarship. Sidebar features and photographs of religious figures bring the text to life for readers. Key Features Uses substantive and truly contemporary real-life religious issues of current interest to engage the reader in a way few other texts do Combines theory with empirical examples drawn from the United States and around the world, emphasizing a critical and analytical perspective that encourages better understanding of the material presented Features discussions of emergent religions, consumerism, and the link between religion, sports, and other forms of popular culture Draws upon interdisciplinary literature, helping students appreciate the contributions of other disciplines while primarily developing an understanding of the sociology of religion Accompanied by High-Quality Ancillaries! Instructor Resources on CD contain chapter outlines, summaries, multiple-choice questions, essay questions, and short answer questions as well as illustrations from the book. C Intended Audience This core text is designed for upper-level undergraduate students of Sociology of Religion or Religion and Politics.

African Americans and the Bible

Author : Vincent L. Wimbush
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610979648
Total Pages : 913 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book African Americans and the Bible written by Vincent L. Wimbush and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no other group of people has been as much formed by biblical texts and tropes as African Americans. From literature and the arts to popular culture and everyday life, the Bible courses through black society and culture like blood through veins. Despite the enormous recent interest in African American religion, relatively little attention has been paid to the diversity of ways in which African Americans have utilized the Bible.African Americans and the Bibleis the fruit of a four-year collaborative research project directed by Vincent L. Wimbush and funded by the Lilly Endowment. It brings together scholars and experts (sixty-eight in all) from a wide range of academic and artistic fields and disciplines--including ethnography, cultural history, and biblical studies as well as art, music, film, dance, drama, and literature. The focus is on the interaction between the people known as African Americans and that complex of visions, rhetorics, and ideologies known as the Bible. As such, the book is less about the meaning(s) of the Bible than about the Bible and meaning(s), less about the world(s) of the Bible than about how worlds and the Bible interact--in short, about how a text constructs a people and a people constructs a text. It is about a particular sociocultural formation but also about the dynamics that obtain in the interrelation between any group of people and sacred texts in general. ThusAfrican Americans and the Bibleprovides an exemplum of sociocultural formation and a critical lens through which the process of sociocultural formation can be viewed.

The Sacred Project of American Sociology

Author : Christian Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199377138
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book The Sacred Project of American Sociology written by Christian Smith and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sacred Project of American Sociology shows, counter-intuitively, that the secular enterprise that everyday sociology appears to be pursuing is actually not what is really going on at sociology's deepest level. Sociology today is in fact animated by sacred impulses, driven by sacred commitments, and serves a sacred project. This book re-asserts a vision for what sociology is most important for, in contrast with its current commitments, and calls sociologists back to a more honest, fair, and healthy vision of its purpose.

The Sociology of Religious Movements

Author : William Sims Bainbridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134715897
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Religious Movements written by William Sims Bainbridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explaining how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Satanism, New Age and democratization. The Sociology of Religious Movements is the culmination of work begun in The Future of Religion (the 1986 award winner of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion) and A Theory of Religion (1993 award winner of the Pacific Sociological Association). Explaining religious schism, innovation, and conversion to show how religion and society transform each other, this book explores such movements as: Holiness, Adventism, religious communes, Children of God, Satanism, New York City Mission Society, New Age, Asian imports, and democratization.

An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion

Author : Inger Furseth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351958666
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion written by Inger Furseth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it true that religion is weakening in modern times, or are we facing religious resurgence? What is fundamentalism? How does it emerge and grow? What role does religion play in ethnic and national conflicts? Is religion a fundamental driving force or do political leaders use religion for their own purposes? Do all religions oppress women? These are some of the questions addressed in this book. 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.

Sociology of Religion

Author : Abby Day
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429619170
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Sociology of Religion written by Abby Day and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first sociology of religion textbook to begin the task of diversifying and decolonizing the study of religion, Sociology of Religion develops a sociological frame that draws together the personal, political and public, showing how religion – its origins, development and changes – is understood as a social institution, influenced by and influencing wider social structures. Organized along sociological structures and themes, the book works with examples from a variety of religious traditions and regions rather than focusing in depth on a selection, and foregrounds cultural practice-based understandings of religion. It is therefore a book about ‘religion’, not ‘religions’, that explores the relationship of religion with gender and sexuality, crime and violence, generations, politics and media, ‘race’, ethnicity and social class, disease and disability – highlighting the position of religion in social justice and equality. Each chapter of this book is framed around concrete case studies from a variety of Western and non-Western religious traditions. Students will benefit from thinking about the discipline across a range of geographical and religious contexts. The book includes features designed to engage and inspire students: Up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of engaging and accessible material ‘Case Examples’: short summaries of empirical examples relating to the chapter themes Visually distinct boxes with bullet points, key words and phrases focusing on the context Questions suitable for private or seminar study Suggested class exercises for instructors to use Suggested readings and further readings/online resources at the end of each chapter Following a review and critique of early sociology of religion, the book engages with more contemporary issues, such as dissolving the secular/sacred binary and paying close attention to issues of epistemology, negotiations, marginalities, feminisms, identities, power, nuances, globalization, (post) (multiple) modernity (ies), emotion, structuration, reflexivity, intersectionality and urbanization. This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students exploring the sociology of religion, religion and society, religious studies, theology, globalization and human geography.

Reading Spiritualities

Author : Dawn Llewellyn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317071085
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Reading Spiritualities written by Dawn Llewellyn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of 'sacred text' has undergone radical deconstruction in recent times, reflecting how religion has broken out of its traditional definitions and practices, and how current literary theories have influenced texts inside the religious domain and beyond. Reading Spiritualities presents both commentary and vivid examples of this evolution, engaging with a variety of reading practices that work with traditional texts and those that extend the notion of 'text' itself. The contributors draw on a range of textual sites such as an interview, Caribbean literature, drama and jazz, women's writings, emerging church blogs, Neopagan websites, the reading practices of Buddhist nuns, empirical studies on the reading experiences of Gujarati, Christian and post-Christian women, Chicana short stories, the mosque, cinema, modern art and literature. These examples open up understandings of where and how 'sacred texts' are emerging and being reassessed within contemporary religious and spiritual contexts; and make room for readings where the spiritual resides not only in the textual, but in other unexpected places. Reading Spiritualities includes contributions from Graham Holderness, Ursula King, Michael N. Jagessar, David Jasper, Anthony G. Reddie, Michèle Roberts, and Heather Walton to reflect and encourage the interdisciplinary study of sacred text in the broad arena of the arts and social sciences. It offers a unique and well-focused 'snapshot' of the textual constructions and representations of the sacred within the contemporary religious climate - accessible to the general reader, as well as more specialist interests of students and researchers working in the crossover fields of religious, theological, cultural and literary studies.

Sacred Texts Interpreted [2 Volumes]

Author : Carl Olson
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
ISBN 13 : 144084187X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Texts Interpreted [2 Volumes] written by Carl Olson and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the major monotheistic religions--Christianity, Judaism, and Islam--as well as selected Eastern religions and Bahá'í, Zoroastrianism, and Mormonism, this cross-cultural book offers excerpts of sacred texts and interprets passages to enable a deeper understanding of these religious writings. Sacred Texts Interpreted: Religious Documents Explained gives readers the opportunity to examine--directly--the primary sources of different religions and to better understand these texts through expert commentary on selected passages. The interpretative material investigates the nature of sacred texts along with the relationship between sacred scripture and canon, and it explains why these sacred texts have enduring significance and influence. The author provides suggestions on how to read a sacred text before turning to the textual selections from 13 religious traditions arranged alphabetically, beginning with the Bahá'í religion and ending with Zoroastrianism. Each chapter is devoted to the primary textual sources of a particular religious tradition and is prefaced by an introduction to the literature that places it within its historical and cultural heritage. The emphasis for each religion is on its foundational scriptures that are often considered sacred by its adherents. Readers will gain a much greater appreciation of how powerful religious texts have always been across human culture and throughout millennia--and of how religious thought and ideology have shaped daily life, built civilizations, inspired art and literature, and incited wars and violence. Guides readers through some of the most important religious texts in world history, providing significant interpretative material to help students understand the history and ideas within these writings Discusses the nature of a sacred text and suggests ways of reading a sacred text to more fully appreciate its significance Provides insightful comments from the editor that accompany the selected texts, explaining the context of passages to enhance readers' comprehension

Invitation to the Sociology of Religion

Author : Phil Zuckerman
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415941266
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Invitation to the Sociology of Religion written by Phil Zuckerman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sociology and the Sacred

Author : Antonius A.W. Zondervan Zondervan
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487512023
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Sociology and the Sacred written by Antonius A.W. Zondervan Zondervan and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed American sociologist and cultural philosopher Philip Rieff gained great academic prestige with his thesis on the emergence of ‘Psychological Man’ in western culture and with his classic book, Freud: The Mind of the Moralist, published in 1959. In this work and the later The Triumph of the Therapeutic (1966) he not only offered a highly original interpretation of the work of Sigmund Freud, but critically evaluated the enormous influence of psychotherapeutic thinking on Western culture. However, Rieff’s later work on the theory of culture did not garner the same attention, and his most recent writings have received very little critical engagement. In Sociology and the Sacred, Antonius A.W. Zondervan sets out to remedy this neglect, arguing that Rieff’s work is ripe for intellectual reconsideration. Zondervan begins by presenting an outline of Rieff’s entire body of work, focusing on his theory of culture, and explaining how the sacred is a key notion, pivotal to the overall understanding of Rieff’s work. The author argues that the present upsurge in religion, in many varieties throughout the world, cannot be explained by the classical secularization thesis, making Rieff's theory of sacred order in culture an essential contribution to a new social theory of religion. Including material from personal interviews with Rieff that enabled Zondervan to clarify important aspects of his work, Sociology and the Sacred is an essential contribution to the understanding of contemporary culture’s maintenance of its ties to religion.

The Sociology of Religion

Author : Max Weber
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807042052
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Religion written by Max Weber and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1993-04-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Sociology of Religion, first published in the United States in 1963, Max Weber looks at the significant role religion has played in social change throughout history. The book was a formative text of the new discipline of sociology and has gone on to become a classic in the social sciences.

The Critical Study of Sacred Texts

Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : Jain Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Critical Study of Sacred Texts written by Wendy Doniger and published by Jain Publishing Company. This book was released on 1979 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Violence and Peace in Sacred Texts

Author : Maria Power
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783031178030
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Violence and Peace in Sacred Texts written by Maria Power and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2023-02-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together 11 experts from a range of religious backgrounds, to consider how each tradition has interpreted matters of violence and peace in relation to its sacred text. The traditions covered are Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Sikhism. The role of religion in conflict, war, and the creation of peaceful settlements has attracted much academic attention, including considerations of the interpretation of violence in sacred texts. This collection breaks new ground by bringing multiple faiths into conversation with one another with specific regard to the handling of violence and peace in sacred texts. This combination of close attention to text and expansive scope of religious inclusion is the first of its kind.