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The proposal is for a modular text in the sociology of religion. The field shades into Theology/Religious Studies but the core market is sociology of religion.
Towards Contemporary Theorizing: Secularization, the ‘Religious Economy’ and Globalization
Towards Contemporary Theorizing: Secularization, the ‘Religious Economy’ and Globalization
Towards contemporary theorizing: Secularization, the ‘religious economy’ and globalization
After Reading this Chapter you Will:
- be aware of contemporary debates about secularization theory;
- possess a critical understanding of alternative theories of religious change, including the ‘religious economies’ model; and
- understand the key elements of globalization.
Let me note Karel Dobbelaere's breathtaking evasion in his article.
Rodney Stark, Secularization R.I.P. (1999: 252)
When church attendance falls below 1 percent, will the supply-siders [e.g. Rodney Stark] finally stop insisting that secularization is a myth?
Steve Bruce, Christianity in Britain, R.I.P. (2001: 202)
For about a century, sociologists of religion had accepted the ‘inevitability’ of religious decline in the modern west. There were a few dissenters (David Martin, for example, wrote ...
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