Abstract:Introduction, Eileen Barker and James T. Richardson Part I The French Connection: Thinking sociologically about religion: contexts, concepts and clarifications, Grace Davie Religious individualism, mo...Introduction, Eileen Barker and James T. Richardson Part I The French Connection: Thinking sociologically about religion: contexts, concepts and clarifications, Grace Davie Religious individualism, modern individualism and self-fulfilment: a few reflections on the origins of contemporary religious individualism, Daniele Hervieu-Leger The paradoxes of laicite in France: French cult controversy at the turn of the new millennium, Jean-Paul Willaime French cult controversy at the turn of the new millennium: escalation, dissensions and new forms of mobilisations across the battlefield, Veronique Altglas 2 different types of manifest secularization: Belgium and France compared, Karel Dobbelaere. Part II Religious Insertions in Society: The inner-world mysticism and a successful social integration of the Sikh Panth, Enzo Pace A movement without a crisis is a movement with a crisis: a paradox in search of a paradigm, N.J. Demerath III The European Court of Human Rights, minority religions, and the social construction of religious freedom, James T. Richardson and Jennifer Shoemaker The trumpet sounds retreat: learning from the Jehovah's Witnesses, David Voas Theorising conversion: can we use conversion accounts as sources to actual past processes?, Margit Warburg From 'visiting minister' to 'Muslim chaplain': the growth of Muslim chaplaincy in Britain, 1970-2007, Sophie Gilliat-Ray. Part III Religion, Power and Politics: The religious and the political, David Martin Religion, human power and powerlessness, Thomas Luckmann. Part IV The Spiritual and /or the Religious?: The church without or the god within? Conceptions of religion and spirituality, Eileen Barker Contemporary religions and the public arena: centring on the situation in Japan, Susumu Shimazono Toward a sociology of spirituality: individual religion in social/historical context, Meredith B. McGuire Selected publications by James A. Beckford Index.Read More
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-11-09
Language: en
Type: book
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