Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Religion
About the Book Series
A platform for the latest scholarly research in the sociology of religion, this series welcomes both theoretical and empirical studies that pay close attention to religion in social context. It publishes work that explores the ways in which religions adapt or react to social change and how spirituality lends meaning to people’s lives and shapes individual, collective and national identities.
Media Perceptions of Religious Changes in Australia: Of Dominance and Diversity
1st Edition
By Enqi Weng
August 02, 2021
This volume explores the contradiction between the news coverage given to issues of religion, particularly since 2001 in relation to issues such as terrorism, politics, security and gender, and the fact of its apparent decline according to Census data. Based on media research in Australia, and ...
Society and the Death of God
1st Edition
By Sal Restivo
June 09, 2021
This book advances the "strong" programme that sociology and anthropology provide a scientific foundation for arguing that God and the gods are human creations. Contending that religion is one – but not the only – way to systematize and institutionalize the moral order of a society, the ...
A Visual Approach to the Study of Religious Orders: Zooming in on Monasteries
1st Edition
Edited
By Marcin Jewdokimow, OSB Quartier
December 18, 2020
A Visual Approach to the Study of Religious Orders applies visual methods to the exploration of various facets of religious life, such as everyday lived experience, contemporary monastic identity or monastic architecture. Presenting a series of visual essays, it treats images not as simple ...
Sacred Marriages: A Discourse Analysis
1st Edition
By David Mullins
December 05, 2019
This book represents a new direction in the study of religion and marriage by using a postmodern theoretical framework focusing on gendered discourse and culture, to examine the meaning of sacred marriage within social contexts. Drawing upon data from in-depth interviews of couples in long-term, ...