Sociology of the Sacred

Religion, Embodiment and Social Change

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Philip A Mellor, Professor Chris Shilling ISBN: 9781473907379
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: August 12, 2014
Imprint: SAGE Publications Ltd Language: English
Author: Philip A Mellor, Professor Chris Shilling
ISBN: 9781473907379
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: August 12, 2014
Imprint: SAGE Publications Ltd
Language: English

"About time! Two key experts in the field remind us of the significance and power of religion as bio-political and bio-economic."
- Beverley Skeggs, Goldsmiths, University of London

"A welcome addition to a continuing body of work by two distinguished theorists of religion."
- Grace Davie, University of Exeter

"Mellor and Shilling cement their place at the pinnacle of the contemporary sociological theorisation of religion and the sacred. If sociological work is going to have any future it is to be found in the inspiration and excitement of this sophisticated and intelligent book."
- Keith Tester***, University of Hull***

"This book is ambitious, refreshing and rewarding.  It offers the best available analysis of the complex interlacing of the sacred, religion, secularization and embodied experience."
- James A. Beckford, University of Warwick

Drawing on classical and contemporary social theory, *Sociology of the Sacred *presents a bold and original account of how interactions between religious and secular forms of the sacred underpin major conflicts in the world today, and illuminate broader patterns of social and cultural change inherent to global modernity. It demonstrates:

  • How the bodily capacities help religions adapt to social change but also facilitate their internal transformation
  • That the ‘sacred’ includes a diverse range of phenomena, with variable implications for questions of social order and change
  • How proponents of a ‘post-secular’ age have failed to grasp the ways in which sacralization can advance secularization
  • Why the sociology of the sacred needs to be a key part of attempts to make sense of the nature and directionality of social change in global modernity today.

This book is key reading for the sociology of religion, the body and modern culture.

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"About time! Two key experts in the field remind us of the significance and power of religion as bio-political and bio-economic."
- Beverley Skeggs, Goldsmiths, University of London

"A welcome addition to a continuing body of work by two distinguished theorists of religion."
- Grace Davie, University of Exeter

"Mellor and Shilling cement their place at the pinnacle of the contemporary sociological theorisation of religion and the sacred. If sociological work is going to have any future it is to be found in the inspiration and excitement of this sophisticated and intelligent book."
- Keith Tester***, University of Hull***

"This book is ambitious, refreshing and rewarding.  It offers the best available analysis of the complex interlacing of the sacred, religion, secularization and embodied experience."
- James A. Beckford, University of Warwick

Drawing on classical and contemporary social theory, *Sociology of the Sacred *presents a bold and original account of how interactions between religious and secular forms of the sacred underpin major conflicts in the world today, and illuminate broader patterns of social and cultural change inherent to global modernity. It demonstrates:

This book is key reading for the sociology of religion, the body and modern culture.

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