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Durkheim's Sociology of Religion: Themes and Theories

Durkheim's Sociology of Religion: Themes and Theories

Pickering, Wsf
Pickering, W. S. F.

Paperback

Religion General General Sociology

ISBN10: 0227172973
ISBN13: 9780227172971
Publisher: James Clarke Company
Published: May 28 2009
Pages: 604
Weight: 1.72
Height: 1.50 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.55
Language: English
The definitive guide to the French sociologist's theories on religion, which helped establish sociology of religion as a discipline.

Religion is central to Durkheim's theory of society, and his work laid most of the foundations of the sociology of religion. Daring and brilliant though his analysis was, its bold claims and questionable premises has made it the subject of ongoing academic debate. Durkheim's work on the subject reached a peak with the publication in 1912 of what turned out to be a classic in its field, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life. No other book has explained Durkheim's views on religion using the whole corpus of his writings. Dr Pickering shows how Durkheim's position developed and explains the themes and theories that run through Durkheim's work. This includes Durkheim's attitude towards secularisation and Christian churches, as well as his notion of the contemporary cult of the individual.

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