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Religion : The Social Context

by: MCGUIRE

Religion : The Social Context

by: MCGUIRE

ISBN 13:
9780534541262
ISBN 10:
0534541267
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/09/2001
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

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Summary

1. The Sociological Perspective on Religion. 2. The Provision of Meaning and Belonging. 3. The Individual's Religion. 4. Official and Nonofficial Religion. 5. The Dynamics of Religious Collectives. 6. Religion, Social Cohesion, and Conflict. 7. The Impact of Religion on Social Change. 8. Religion in the Modern World.

Preface

xiii

The Sociological Perspective On Religion

(24)

The Religious Contours of a Community

(4)

The Nature of the Sociological Perspective

(2)

Defining Religion

(7)

Definition as Strategy

(1)

Substantive Definitions

(2)

Functional Definitions

(2)

Definitions of Religion as Contested Boundaries

(2)

Aspects of Religion

(7)

Religious Belief

(2)

Religious Ritual

(1)

Religious Experience

(2)

Religious Community

(2)

The Development of the Sociology of Religion

(2)

Summary

(1)

The Provision of Meaning and Belonging

(26)

Religion and Systems of Meaning

(6)

Meaning for the Social Group

(2)

The Individual's Meaning System

(2)

Crisis of Meaning

(5)

Theodicies

(1)

Anomie

(3)

Community and Religious Belonging

(2)

Religion as the Expression of Social Unity

(1)

Plausibility Structures of Meaning

(2)

Extended Application: Millenarianism and Dualism in Contemporary Social Movements

(11)

Two Opposing Principles: Good and Evil

(4)

The Imminence of the Millennium

(4)

Dualism and Millenarianism in Social Movements

(2)

Summary

(1)

The Individual's Religion

(46)

Shaping the Individual's Religion

(21)

Meaning, Belonging, and Identity

(1)

Childhood, Family, and Community

(9)

Adolescence

(2)

Marriage, Sexuality, and Procreation

(4)

Middle Age

(1)

Old Age

(4)

Conversion

(11)

Conceptualizing Conversion

(3)

Explaining Conversion

(3)

Predisposition to Conversion

(1)

Initial Interaction

(2)

Symbolizing the Conversion

(1)

Commitment

(7)

Withdrawal from Competing Allegiances

(2)

Attachment

(3)

Disengagement

(4)

Stages of Disaffiliation

(1)

Coerced and Voluntary Exit

(1)

Collective Forms of Disengagement

(1)

Summary

(2)

Official and Nonofficial Religion

(52)

The Official Model of Religion

(3)

Doctrine

(1)

Ethics

100

(1)

Cultic Expression

100

(1)

Institutional Organization

100

(2)

Structural Shifts in Official Religion

102

(2)

Individual Religiosity in the Official Model

104

(3)

Researching Official Religion and Religiosity

107

(6)

Nonofficial Religion and Religiosity

113

(1)

Historical Perspectives: The Social Construction of ``Religion''

113

(3)

Popular Religion in Modern Societies

116

(7)

Popular Christianity

117

(2)

Magical Beliefs and Practices

119

(1)

The Paranormal and Occult

120

(3)

Individual Religiosity in the Nonofficial Mode

123

(1)

Researching Nonofficial Religion and Religiosity

124

(3)

Extended Application: Women's Religion and Gender Roles

127

(21)

Gender Role Definitions

128

(2)

Religious Legitimation

130

(7)

Power and Sexuality

137

(2)

Women's Religious Identity

139

(3)

Alternative Definitions of Women's Status and Roles

142

(5)

Conclusion

147

(1)

Summary

148

(1)

The Dynamics of Religious Collectivities

149

(46)

Religious Groups in Relation to Their Social Environment

150

(12)

The Development of Church-Sect Theories

151

(2)

Usefulness of the Typology

153

(2)

Types of Collective Stance

155

(7)

Religious Orientation

162

(9)

Types of Religious Orientation

162

(7)

Conflicting Orientations and the Origin of Religious Movements

169

(2)

How Religious Collectivities Develop and Change

171

(14)

The Formation of Religious Groups

171

(2)

Movement Organizations

173

(1)

Organizational Transformations

174

(9)

Implications of Organizational Transformations

183

(2)

Extended Application: Emerging Religious Movements

185

(9)

The Variety of Emerging Religious Movements

186

(2)

Sectarian and Cultic Religion in Modern Society

188

(3)

Implications of New Religious Movements

191

(3)

Summary

194

(1)

Religion, Social Cohesion, and Conflict

195

(41)

Religion and Social Cohesion

196

(12)

Religion as an Expression of Social Cohesion: Durkheim

197

(5)

Religious Representations of the Nation

202

(6)

Religion and Social Conflict

208

(12)

Conflict as the Obverse of Cohesion

209

(1)

Social Sources of Conflict

210

(4)

Sources in the Nature of Religion

214

(6)

Extended Application: The Conflict in Northern Ireland

220

(15)

Religious Conflict?

220

(1)

Conflicting Civil Religions

221

(1)

The Social Context

222

(2)

Some Historical Background

224

(7)

Catholic Civil Religion

231

(1)

Protestant Civil Religion

232

(2)

Nationalism Without Nation Building

234

(1)

Summary

235

(1)

The Impact of Religion On Social Change

236

(47)

Factors in Social Change

236

(1)

Religion Supports the Status Quo

237

(8)

Interest Theories: Marx and Engels

238

(2)

Interest Theories: Weber

240

(1)

Religious Legitimation

241

(2)

Religious Socialization

243

(1)

Social Control

244

(1)

Religion Promotes Social Change

245

(11)

Religion and Social Dynamics: Beyond Marx

246

(1)

Religious Ideas and Meanings

247

(4)

Religious Leadership

251

(4)

The Religious Group

255

(1)

Factors Shaping the Interrelationship of Religion and Social Change

256

(9)

Qualities of Beliefs and Practices

256

(2)

The Cognitive Framework of the Culture

258

(1)

The Social Location of Religion

259

(5)

The Internal Structure of Religious Organizations and Movements

264

(1)

Extended Application: African-American Religious Expressions

265

(16)

Afro-Christian Popular Roots

266

(3)

Making Their Own Organizations

269

(2)

Quietism, Oppression, and Institution-Building

271

(2)

Religion and the Civil Rights Movement

273

(2)

African-American Religious Diversity

275

(4)

The Changing Effectiveness of African-American Religious Social Activism

279

(2)

Summary

281

(2)

Religion In The Modern World

283

(44)

Four Narratives in the Sociology of Religion

285

(15)

Secularization

285

(4)

Religious Reorganization

289

(3)

Religious Individualization

292

(3)

The Supply Side of Religious Markets

295

(4)

Beyond Narratives

299

(1)

Interpreting Modern Societies

300

(13)

The Individual-to-Society Connection

300

(4)

Authority and Legitimacy

304

(9)

Religion, Power, and Order in the Modern World

313

(10)

Religion, Power, and Legitimacy Issues in Europe

317

(1)

Church-State Tensions in the United States

318

(3)

Power and Order in the Global Context

321

(2)

The Sociology of Religion in the Modern World

323

(2)

Summary

325

(2)

Appendix

327

(8)

Glossary

335

(4)

References

339

(62)

Author Index

401

(8)

Subject Index

409

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