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.