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23 produkter
Religion and Advanced Industrial Society
Inbunden, 2019
1827 kr
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This book, first published in 1989, demonstrates that sociologists have much to gain from a strengthening of the connections between general theories about the changing character of modern western societies and specific studies of religion. It combines an exegesis of sociological classics in the …
Religion and Advanced Industrial Society
Häftad, 2020
560 kr
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This book, first published in 1989, demonstrates that sociologists have much to gain from a strengthening of the connections between general theories about the changing character of modern western societies and specific studies of religion. It combines an exegesis of sociological classics in the …
New Religious Movements and Counselling
Academic, Professional and Personal Perspectives
Av Sarah Harvey, Silke Steidinger m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
704 kr
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There are many different ways in which minority religions and counselling may interact. In some cases there can be antagonism between counselling services and minority religions, with each suspecting they are ideologically threatened by the other, but it can be argued that the most common …
Challenging Religion
Av James A. Beckford, James T. Richardson
Inbunden, 2003
2504 kr
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In the last half century new religious movements or cults of one sort and another have mushroomed throughout the US and Europe. Increasingly these groups have been met with attempts to monitor and control them on the part of the state, and concerns about the protection of religious 'consumers' have …
Religion and Advanced Industrial Society
E-bok, 2019
658 kr
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This book, first published in 1989, demonstrates that sociologists have much to gain from a strengthening of the connections between general theories about the changing character of modern western societies and specific studies of religion. It combines an exegesis of sociological classics in the …
Religion and Advanced Industrial Society
E-bok, 2019
658 kr
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This book, first published in 1989, demonstrates that sociologists have much to gain from a strengthening of the connections between general theories about the changing character of modern western societies and specific studies of religion. It combines an exegesis of sociological classics in the …
Religion in Prison
'Equal Rites' in a Multi-Faith Society
Av James A. Beckford, Sophie Gilliat
Häftad, 2005
569 kr
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This was the first in-depth examination of relations between the Church of England and other faiths in the Prison Service Chaplaincy. It shows how the struggle for equal opportunities in a multi-faith society is politicising relations between the Church, the state and religious minorities. Drawing …
Religion in Prison
'Equal Rites' in a Multi-Faith Society
Av James A. Beckford, Sophie Gilliat
Inbunden, 1998
1529 kr
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This was the first in-depth examination of relations between the Church of England and other faiths in the Prison Service Chaplaincy. It shows how the struggle for equal opportunities in a multi-faith society is politicising relations between the Church, the state and religious minorities. Drawing …
Social Theory and Religion
Inbunden, 2003
1481 kr
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Many aspects of religion are puzzling these days. This 2003 book looks at ways of improving our understanding of religious change by strengthening the links between social theory and the social scientific study of religion. It clarifies the social processes involved in constructing religion and …
Social Theory and Religion
Häftad, 2003
716 kr
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Many aspects of religion are puzzling these days. This 2003 book looks at ways of improving our understanding of religious change by strengthening the links between social theory and the social scientific study of religion. It clarifies the social processes involved in constructing religion and …
Theorising Religion
Classical and Contemporary Debates
Av John Walliss, James A. Beckford
Inbunden, 2006
2504 kr
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Religion is controversial and challenging. Whilst religious forces are powerful in numerous societies, they have little or no significance for wide swaths of public or private life in other places. The task of theoretical work in the sociology of religion is, therefore, to make sense of this …
Theorising Religion
Classical and Contemporary Debates
Av John Walliss, James A. Beckford
Häftad, 2021
706 kr
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Religion is controversial and challenging. Whilst religious forces are powerful in numerous societies, they have little or no significance for wide swaths of public or private life in other places. The task of theoretical work in the sociology of religion is, therefore, to make sense of this …
Challenging Religion
Av James T. Richardson, James A. Beckford
E-bok, 2003
939 kr
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In the last half century new religious movements or cults of one sort and another have mushroomed throughout the US and Europe. Increasingly these groups have been met with attempts to monitor and control them on the part of the state, and concerns about the protection of religious ''consumers'' …
Challenging Religion
Av James T. Richardson, James A. Beckford
E-bok, 2003
970 kr
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In the last half century new religious movements or cults of one sort and another have mushroomed throughout the US and Europe. Increasingly these groups have been met with attempts to monitor and control them on the part of the state, and concerns about the protection of religious ''consumers'' …
Challenging Religion
Av James A. Beckford, James T. Richardson
Häftad, 2015
820 kr
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In the last half century new religious movements or cults of one sort and another have mushroomed throughout the US and Europe. Increasingly these groups have been met with attempts to monitor and control them on the part of the state, and concerns about the protection of religious 'consumers' have …
New Religious Movements and Counselling
Academic, Professional and Personal Perspectives
Av James A. Beckford, Silke Steidinger m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
831 kr
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There are many different ways in which minority religions and counselling may interact. In some cases there can be antagonism between counselling services and minority religions, with each suspecting they are ideologically threatened by the other, but it can be argued that the most common …
New Religious Movements and Counselling
Academic, Professional and Personal Perspectives
Av James A. Beckford, Silke Steidinger m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
831 kr
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There are many different ways in which minority religions and counselling may interact. In some cases there can be antagonism between counselling services and minority religions, with each suspecting they are ideologically threatened by the other, but it can be argued that the most common …
Theorising Religion
Classical and Contemporary Debates
Av John Walliss, James A. Beckford
E-bok, 2017
831 kr
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Religion is controversial and challenging. Whilst religious forces are powerful in numerous societies, they have little or no significance for wide swaths of public or private life in other places. The task of theoretical work in the sociology of religion is, therefore, to make sense of this …
Theorising Religion
Classical and Contemporary Debates
Av John Walliss, James A. Beckford
E-bok, 2017
813 kr
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Religion is controversial and challenging. Whilst religious forces are powerful in numerous societies, they have little or no significance for wide swaths of public or private life in other places. The task of theoretical work in the sociology of religion is, therefore, to make sense of this …
The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Religion
Av James A. Beckford, N Jay Demerath
Inbunden, 2007
3453 kr
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"In their introduction to this Handbook, the editors affirm: 'Many sociologists have come to realise that it makes no sense now to omit religion from the repertoire of social scientific explanations of social life'. I wholeheartedly agree. I also suggest that this wide-ranging set of essays should …
New Religious Movements and Counselling
Academic, Professional and Personal Perspectives
Av Sarah Harvey, Silke Steidinger m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
2504 kr
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There are many different ways in which minority religions and counselling may interact. In some cases there can be antagonism between counselling services and minority religions, with each suspecting they are ideologically threatened by the other, but it can be argued that the most common …
Migration and Religion
Inbunden, 2015
11631 kr
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The complex and changing relations between religion and migration are central to many urgent questions about diversity, inequality and pluralism. This wide-ranging research review explores these questions in different periods of history, in different regions of the world and in different traditions …
Religious Organization
A Trend Report and Bibliography
Inbunden, 1975
1693 kr
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