The sociology of religion : a critical agenda /

Davie, Grace.

The sociology of religion : a critical agenda / Grace Davie. - Second edition. - xxiii, 304 pages ; 24 cm

First published 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-284) and index.

Part I: Theoretical perspectives. Common sources/different pathways -- Secularization: process and theory -- Rational choice theory -- Modernity: a single or plural construct? -- Methodological challenges -- Part II: Substantive issues. Mainstream religions in the Western world -- Minorities and margins -- Demanding attention: fundamentalisms in the modern world -- Globalization and the study of religion -- Religion and the everyday -- Conclusion: revisiting the agenda.

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Religion and sociology.

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