Davie, Grace,

The sociology of religion / Grace Davie. - xi, 283 pages ; 25 cm. - BSA new horizons in sociology . - New horizons in sociology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: a critical agenda -- Theoretical perspectives -- Common sources /different pathways -- Secularization: process and theory -- Rational choice theory -- Modernity: a single or plural construct? -- Methodological challenges -- Substantive issues -- Mainstream religions in the western world -- Minorities and margins -- Demanding attention: fundamentalisms in the modern world -- Globalization and the study of religion -- Religion and the everyday -- Conclusion: revisiting the agenda.

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Religion and sociology

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