The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion (Oxford Handbooks)

the Oxford Handbook Of The Sociology Of Religion Draws On The Expertise Of An International Team Of Scholars Providing Both An Entry Point Into The Sociological Study And Understanding Of Religion And An In-depth Survey Into Its Changing Forms And Content In The Contemporary World. The Role And Impact Of Religion And Spirituality On The Politics, Culture, Education And Health In The Modern World Is Rigorously Discussed And Debated. The Study Of The Sociology Of Religion Forges Interdisciplinary Links To Explore Aspects Of Continuity And Change In The Contemporary Interface Between Society And Religion. Using A Combination Of Theoretical, Methodological And Content-led Approaches, The Fifty-seven Contributors Collectively Emphasise The Complex Relationships Between Religion And Aspects Of Life From Scientific Research To Law, Ecology To Art, Music To Cognitive Science, Crime To Institutional Health Care And More. The Developing Character Of Religion, Irreligion And Atheism And The Impact Of Religious Diversity On Social Cohesion Are Explored. An Overview Of Current Scholarship In The Field Is Provided In Each Themed Chapter With An Emphasis On Encouraging New Thinking And Reflection On Familiar And Emergent Themes To Stimulate Further Debate And Scholarship. The Resulting Essay Collection Provides An Invaluable Resource For Research And Teaching In This Diverse Discipline. 1 Peter Clarke: Introduction:Towards a Global Framework and Organic Understanding of Religion I Theory: Classical, Modern and Postmodern 2 Reappraising Durkheim for the Study and Teaching of Religion William E. Paden 3 The Uses of Max Weber: Legitimation and Amnesia in Buddhology, South Asian History, and Anthropological Practice Theory David N. Geller 4 Max Weber: Religion and Modernization Hans G. Kippenberg 5 Max Weber on Islam and Confucianism: the Kantian Theory of Secularization Bryan S. Turner 6 Religion in the Works of Habermas, Bourdieu and Foucault Inger Furseth 7 Rational Choice Theory: A Critique Malcolm Hamilton 8 Religion and Gender Sian Hawthorne 9 Religion and Modernity Worldwide Robert W. Hefner 10 : Postmodernism and Religion Nikolai Wenzel 11 Religion and Power, Meerten ter Borg 12 Culture and Religion II Method, Matt Waggoner 13 Methodology in the Sociology of Religion Ole Preben Riis 14 Conceptual Models in the Study of Religion Jeppe Sinding Jensen 15 Defining Religion: A Social Science Approach Andre Droogers 16 Explaining Religion through Cognitive Science K. Helmut Reich III Religion and related spheres: Morality, Science, Irreligion, Art and Sexuality 17 Science and Religion William Sims Bainbridge 18 Atheism William Sims Bainbridge 19 Religion and Morality John Reeder 20 The Contemporary Convergence of Art and Religion Robert Wuthnow 21 The Social Roots and Meaning of Trance and Possession I.M. Lewis IV Religion and the State, the Nation, the Law 22 Religion and the State Phillip E. Hammond and David W. Machacek 23 Religion and Nationalism Christophe Jaffrelot 24 Religion and the Law: An Interactionist View James T. Richardson 25 The Socio-cultural and Socio-religious Origins of Human Rights Enzo Pace V Globalisation and its Religious Effects 26 Globalization, Theocratization and Politicized Civil Rights Roland Robertson 27 Migration and the Globalization of Religion Caroline Pluss 28 Religious Fundamentalism Anson Shupe 29 Religious DiversityVI: Standard or Mainstream Religion Gary D. Bouma 30 The Meaning and Scope of Secularization Karel Dobbelaere 31 The Sociology of the Clergy Dean R. Hoge 32 Congregations: Local, Social and Religious Nancy T. Ammerman 33 Church-Sect-Cult:Constructing Typologies of Religious Groups Lorne L. Dawson 34 Sects in Islam Sam Zubaida VII The Reproduction and Transmission of Religion 35 The Reproduction and Transmission of Religion Mathew Guest 36 Generations and Religion Wade Clark Roof 37 Religion and Family Penny Edgell 38 Religion and Ritual Peter Collins 39 Religion in the Media Stewart M. Hoover 40 Religion and the Internet Gary R. Bunt VIII New Religion, New Spirituality and Implicit Religion 41 New Religious Movements David G. Bromley 42 Unchurched Spirituality Eva M. Hamberg 43 Paul Heelas: Spiritualities of Life 44 The Sociology of Esotericism Kennet Granholm 45 Implicit Religion Edward Bailey XI Environmental and Social Issues 46 Religion and Ecology Mary Evelyn Tucker 47 Religion, Spirituality and Health: An Institutional Approach Wendy Cadge 48 Religion and Social Problems: A New Theoretical Perspective Titus Hjelm 49 Religion and Social Problems: Individual and Institutional Responses Anne Birgitta Yeung 50 The Role of Religious Institutions in Responding to Crime and Delinquency Bryon R. Johnson 51 Religion and Altruism Keishin Inaba and Kate Loewenthal 52 Religious Violence Mark Juergensmaeyer 53 Teaching the Sociology of Religion, Michael Kirwan: Girard, Religion, Violence Modern MartydomX 54 The Teacher as Religious Ethnographer Eleanor Nesbitt 55 Ethnography/ Religion: Explorations in Field and Classroom James V. Spickard Index Contents 2 Acknowledgements 6 Contributors 7 Introduction: Towards A More Organic Understanding of Religion within a Global Framework 16 Theory: Classical, Modern, and Postmodern 45 Reappraising Durkheim for the Study and Teaching of Religion 45 The Uses of Max Weber: Legitimation and Amnesia in Buddhology, South Asian History, and Anthropological Practice Theory 64 Max Weber: Religion and Modernization 82 Max Weber on Islam and Confucianism: The Kantian Theory of Secularization 100 Religion In the Works of Habermas, Bourdieu, and Foucault 121 Rational Choice Theory: A Critique 142 Religion and Gender 163 Religion and Modernity Worldwide 183 Postmodernism and Religion 207 Religion and Power 233 Culture and Religion 251 Method 270 Methodology in the Sociology of Religion 270 Conceptual Models in the Study of Religion 287 Defining Religion: A Social Science Approach 306 A Critical View of Cognitive Science's Attempt to Explain Religion and its Development 325 Religion and Boundaries Morality, Science, Irreligion, Art, and Embodiment 349 Science and Religion 349 Atheism 367 Religion and Morality 385 The Contemporary Convergence of Art and Religion 415 The Social Roots and Meaning of Trance and Possession 431 Religion and the State, the Nation, the Law 447 Religion and The State 447 Religion and Nationalism 464 Religion and The Law: An Interactionist View 477 The Socio-Cultural and Socio-Religious Origins of Human Rights 493 Globalization, Fundamentalism, Migration, and Religious Diversity 512 Globalization, Theocratization, and Politicized Civil Religion 512 Religious Fundamentalism 544 Migration and the Globalization of Religion 558 Religious Diversity 575 Religious Collectivities and the Status and Role of the Religious Professionals (The Clergy) 593 Church-sect-cult: Constructing Typologies of Religious Groups 593 Sects in Islam 615 Congregations: Local, Social, and Religious 633 The Sociology of the Clergy 654 Secularization and the Reproduction and Transmission of Religion 673 The Meaning and Scope of Secularization 673 Generations and Religion 692 Religion and Family 712 The Reproduction and Transmission of Religion 732 Religion and Ritual: A Multi-perspectival Approach 754 Religion and The Media 773 Religion and the Internet 793 Religious Change: New Religions and New Spiritualities, Esotericism and Implicit Religion 811 New Religions as a Specialist Field of Study 811 Unchurched Spirituality 832 Spiritualities of Life 850 The Sociology Of Esotericism 879 Implicit Religion 900 Religion and Ecology, Health, Social Issues, and Violence 920 Religion and Ecology 920 Religion, Spirituality, and Health: An Institutional Approach 939 The Role of Religious Institutions in Responding to Crime and Delinquency 965 Religion and Altruism 989 Religious Violence 1006 Girard, Religion, Violence, and Modern Martyrdom 1029 Religion and Social Problems: A New Theoretical Perspective 1046 Religion and Social Problems: Individual and Institutional Responses 1066 Teaching the Sociology of Religion 1090 The Teacher of Religion as Ethnographer 1090 Ethnography/Religion Explorations in Field and Classroom 1114 Index 1140 The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion draws on the expertise of an international team of scholars providing both an entry point into the sociological study and understanding of religion and an in-depth survey into its changing forms and content in the contemporary world. The role and impact of religion and spirituality on the politics, culture, education and health in the modern world is rigorously discussed and debated. The study of the sociology of religion forges interdisciplinary links to explore aspects of continuity and change in the contemporary interface between society and religion. Using a combination of theoretical, methodological and content-led approaches, the fifty-seven contributors collectively emphasise the complex relationships between religion and aspects of life from scientific research to law, ecology to art, music to cognitive science, crime to institutional health care and more. The developing character of religion, irreligion and atheism and the impact of religious diversity on social cohesion are explored. An overview of current scholarship in the field is provided in each themed chapter with an emphasis on encouraging new thinking and reflection on familiar and emergent themes to stimulate further debate and scholarship. The resulting essay collection provides an invaluable resource for research and teaching in this diverse discipline. - Publisher Impact of religious diversity on social cohesion are explored. An overview of current scholarship in the field is provided in each themed chapter with an emphasis on encouraging new thinking and reflection on familiar and emergent themes to stimulate further debate and scholarship. The resulting essay collection provides an invaluable resource for research and teaching in this diverse discipline."--Jacket An expert team of international scholars here provide 51 essays as entry points into the sociological study and understanding of religion as well as in-depth surveys into its changing forms and content in the contemporary world. Issues discussed range from ecology to law, art to cognitive science, crime to health care