AuthorAldridge, Alan (Alan E.)
TitleReligion in the contemporary world : a sociological introduction / Alan Aldridge
Imprint Cambridge : Polity, 2007
Edition 2nd ed
Descript ix, 242 p. ; 23 cm

CONTENT

Religions and the challenge of diversity -- Defining religion: social conflicts and sociological debates -- Varieties of religious movement -- Secularization: the social insignificance of religion? -- Secularization challenged: a new paradigm? -- Fundamentalism -- Civil religion and political ritual -- Brainwashing, consumer protection and the state -- Religious identity and meaning in consumer society


SUBJECT

  1. Religion and sociology

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