'Religion’ and ‘Secular’ Categories in Sociology

Decolonizing the Modern Myth

AvMitsutoshi Horii

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Informed by ‘critical religion’ perspective in Religious Studies and postcolonial self-reflection in Sociology, this book interrogates the ideas of ‘religion’ and ‘the secular’ in social theory and Sociology.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-11-23
Mått:148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt:522 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:263
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030875152

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Mitsutoshi Horii is Professor of Sociology at Shumei University, Japan, and Principal of Chaucer College, UK.

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Introduction.- Theoretical Background.- ‘Religion’ in Social Theory.- ‘The Secular’ in Sociology.- Social Construction of Secularisation Thesis.- Textbooks and Other Introductory Materials.- ‘Religion’ in Liquid Late Modernity of Risk Society.- Conclusion: Social Theory and Sociology after Deconstructing the Religious-Secular Binary.