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A Future for Religion?

New Paradigms for Social Analysis
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In the 1960s many sociologists proclaimed traditional religion to be in its death throes. But, just as secularization gained nearly universal acceptance among scholars, religious resurgence burst forth from many directions - new religious movements and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism for example. In A Future for Religion?, contributors ask whether, if such dynamic forces are at work, is religion really dying? They discuss issues usually excluded from books on the sociology of religion - including religious experience, emotional renewal, religion and the body.
Introduction - William H Swatos, Jr New Social Movement Theory and the Sociology of Religion - John A Hannigan Synergies and Syntheses Global Fundamentalism - Frank Lechner Religion, Class Conflict and Social Justice - Eugen Schoenfeld Religion in Capitalist East Asia - Joseph B Tamney Liberation Theology in Latin America and Beyond - W E Hewitt Religion and the New Immigrants - Peter Kivisto For a Sociology of Religious Experience - James V Spickard Present-Day Emotional Renewals - Daniele Hervieu-Leger The End of Secularization or the End of Religion? Religion and the Body - John H Simpson Sociological Themes and Prospects Inequality and Difference - Mary Jo Neitz Feminist Research in the Sociology of Religion Back to the Future - William H Swatos, Jr Applying Sociology of Religion
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