'Religion’ and ‘Secular’ Categories in Sociology Decolonizing the Modern Myth

“A must-read for any scholar who wants to learn how to think beyond the confinements of modern social theory.” —Jayne Svenungsson, Professor of Systematic Theology, Lund University, Sweden. “By decolonizing the secular-religion binary, Horii provides an important challenge to sociology’s self-unders...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horii, Mitsutoshi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical Background
  • ‘Religion’ in Social Theory
  • ‘The Secular’ in Sociology
  • Social Construction of Secularisation Thesis
  • Textbooks and Other Introductory Materials
  • ‘Religion’ in Liquid Late Modernity of Risk Society
  • Conclusion: Social Theory and Sociology after Deconstructing the Religious-Secular Binary