(Un)Believing in Modern Society: Religion, Spirituality, and Religious-Secular Competition

ISBN-13: 9781472461285 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 310 str.

Dr Jorg Stolz;Dr Mallory Schneuwly Purdie;Dr Michael Kruggeler

Opis

This landmark study in the sociology of religion sheds new light on the question of what has happened to religion and spirituality since the 1960s in modern societies. Exposing several analytical weaknesses of today's sociology of religion, (Un)Believing in Modern Society presents a new theory of religious-secular competition and a new typology of ways of being religious/secular. The authors draw on a specific European society (Switzerland) as their test case, using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to show how the theory can be applied. Identifying four ways of being religious/secular in a modern society: 'institutional', 'alternative', 'distanced' and 'secular' they show how and why these forms have emerged as a result of religious-secular competition and describe in what ways all four forms are adapted to the current, individualized society.

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction: religion and spirituality in the me-society, Jörg Stolz and Judith Könemann; A theory of religious-secular competition, Jörg Stolz and Judith Könemann; Four forms of (un)belief, Jörg Stolz and Mallory Schneuwly-Purdie; Identity and social structure, Jörg Stolz and Mallory Schneuwly-Purdie; Belief, knowledge, experience, action, Mallory Schneuwly Purdie and Jörg Stolz; Values and change of values, Jörg Stolz and Thomas Englberger; Major churches, evangelical churches and alternative-spiritual suppliers, Jörg Stolz and Thomas Englberger; The perception and evaluation of religion(s), Jörg Stolz and Thomas Englberger; The change in religiosity, spirituality and secularity, Jörg Stolz, Thomas Englberger, Michael Krüggeler, Judith Könemann and Mallory Schneuwly Purdie; Conclusion: (un)believing in modern society, Jörg Stolz and Judith Könemann; Appendix;