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  • Metamorphoses of Religion and Spirituality in Central and Eastern Europe

    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    This book offers a range of contemporary sociological reflections on new manifestations of religion, religiosity, and spirituality in Central and Eastern Europe, a region that has seen significant social and political transformation. It explores the development of cultural and religious trends, including secularisation, new spiritualit,y and a resurgence of religiosity outside of traditional ... Read more

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  • Sociology of Religion

    An Historical Introduction

    Edited by Roberto Cipriani ...
    In adopting an international perspective that goes beyond the conventional framework of western theology, this volume bridges the divide between European and North American scholars through its careful retrieval of their common theoretical and research interests. Cipriani provides a critical analysis of both classical thought and contemporary currents in this readable text, aimed at both experts ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • Diffused Religion

    Beyond Secularization

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the concept of diffused religion as it is found in contemporary society, resulting from a vast process of religious socialisation that continues to pervade our cultural reality. It provides a critical engagement with a framework of non-institutional religion that is based on values largely shared in society by being diffused through primary and secondary socialisation. Cipriani ... Read more

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    All the political systems of the modern age have been the products of three distinct ideologies: the first, and oldest, is liberal democracy; the second is Marxism; and the third is fascism. The latter two have long since failed and passed out of the pages of history, and the first no longer operates as an ideology, but rather as something taken for granted.The world today finds itself on the ... Read more

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  • The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion

    Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion

    Influential scholar Peter L. Berger explores the sociological underpinnings of religion and the rise of a modern secular societyAcclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger carefully lays out an understanding of religion as a historical, societal mechanism in this classic work of social theory. Berger examines the roots of religious belief and its gradual dissolution in modern times, applying ... Read more

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  • Occult Features of Anarchism

    With Attention to the Conspiracy of Kings and the Conspiracy of the Peoples

    In the nineteenth century anarchists were accused of conspiracy by governments afraid of revolution, but in the current century various 'conspiracy theories' suggest that anarchists are controlled by government itself. The Illuminati were a network of intellectuals who argued for self-government and against private property, yet the public is now often told that they were (and are) the very group ... Read more

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  • Ritual

    Perspectives and Dimensions--Revised Edition

    From handshakes and toasts to chant and genuflection, ritual pervades our social interactions and religious practices. Still, few of us could identify all of our daily and festal ritual behaviors, much less explain them to an outsider. Similarly, because of the variety of activities that qualify as ritual and their many contradictory yet, in many ways, equally legitimate interpretations, ritual ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies

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    Series series Cambridge Companions to Religion
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