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The Enchantment of Sociology. Study of Theology and Culture.
Kieran Flanagan
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Hardback. This sociological study examines the issue of enchantment in terms of habitus and charisma. It attempts to supply theology with its own sociological self-understanding of religious belief and culture, but also to give to sociology a basis of theological reflexivity. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 545.
A unique study of the link between theology and culture from a sociological perspective which addresses the issue of the pursuit of enchantment in the context of postmodernity. Sociology is applied to sociology itself to discern its own domestic response to theological readings of culture. A novel reading of Simmel, Bourdieu and Weber in relation to the Swiss Catholic theologian, Hans Urs von Balthasar, produces a controversial critique of assumptions regarding religious belief in the context of debates on secularisation and postmodernity.
A unique study of the link between theology and culture from a sociological perspective which addresses the issue of the pursuit of enchantment in the context of postmodernity. Sociology is applied to sociology itself to discern its own domestic response to theological readings of culture. A novel reading of Simmel, Bourdieu and Weber in relation to the Swiss Catholic theologian, Hans Urs von Balthasar, produces a controversial critique of assumptions regarding religious belief in the context of debates on secularisation and postmodernity.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Number of Pages
293
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333651674
SKU
V9780333651674
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About Kieran Flanagan
KIERAN FLANAGAN is Reader in Sociology at the University of Bristol. His other publications include: Sociology and Liturgy: Representations of the Holy and editor (with Peter C.Jupp) of Postmodernity, Sociology and Religion. Since 1996 he has been Chair of the British Sociological Association Sociology of Religion Study Group.
Reviews for The Enchantment of Sociology. Study of Theology and Culture.
'My experience in reading the book, quite apart from my agreement or disagreement at various points, was one of unsettling but exhilarating rediscovery, of reopening and clarifying vitally important questions, and of potentially creative challenge to many of my assumptions about the relationship between sociology and religious belief. For anyone whose interests encompass both sociology and theology, The Enchantment of ... Read more