A Sociology of Spirituality
Contemporary interest in spirituality provides a fascinating challenge for the discipline of sociology. First, sociology as a discipline emerged part and parcel with the decline of religion in Western nations. Sociological theory is in some ways predicated upon the secularization thesis. The apparen...
| Published in: | Sociology of religion |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Oxford Univ. Press
2009
|
| In: |
Sociology of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 70, Issue: 2, Pages: 197-198 |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
|
| Online Access: |
Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Contemporary interest in spirituality provides a fascinating challenge for the discipline of sociology. First, sociology as a discipline emerged part and parcel with the decline of religion in Western nations. Sociological theory is in some ways predicated upon the secularization thesis. The apparent rise of spiritual interests would therefore constitute a challenge to the discipline's most fundamental assumptions. Of particular interest, then, is the very open question of whether forms of modern spirituality that exist outside traditional religious institutions are symptoms or antidotes to the forces of secularization. Second, the topic of spirituality raises a host of theoretical and methodological challenges that test the limits of sociological investigation. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srp019 |