Hans Mol and the Sociology of Religion

ISBN-13: 9780367886806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 116 str.

Adam J. Powell

Opis

Hans Mol's imprisonment by the Gestapo during World War II began a long intellectual journey, exploring the role of religion in society. Part One of this book includes a brief outline of Mol’s most influential theory, explicated in Identity and the Sacred (1976). Part Two is comprised of four previously-unpublished essays written by Mol d

Spis treści

PART I HANS MOL: THEORY AND PLACE

One: Religion as Process: Introducing Identity Theory

Two: Function or Fallacy: Reconsidering Identity Theory

PART II THE HANS MOL PAPERS

Proem

Three: Introduction to Appraisal and Application - Hans Mol

Four: Evolutionary Origins of Authority and Wholeness - Hans Mol

Five: Consciousness, Identity and Religion - Hans Mol

Six: The Social Effect of Conservative/Evangelical Religion - Hans Mol

Postscript: An Interview with Hans Mol

O autorze

Adam J. Powell is COFUND Junior Research Fellow in the　Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University, UK. He has presented numerous papers and lectures on the sociological theories of Hans Mol and has previously published an edited collection on Hans Mol’s work entitled Sacred Selves, Sacred Settings (2015).