Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 4 (2013) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 4 (2013) write by . This book was released on 2013-11-21. Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 4 (2013) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Prayer is a phenomenon which seems to be characteristic not only of participants in every religion, but also men and women who do not identify with traditional religions. It can be practised even by those who do not believe either in a God or transcendent force. In this sense, therefore, we may assert that the prayer is a typically human activity that has accompanied the development of different civilizations over the course of the centuries. Both the material issues of concrete daily life as well as more symbolic elements expressed through words, gestures, body positions, and community celebration are brought together in the act of praying.
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 9 (2018)
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 9 (2018) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 9 (2018) write by Solange Lefebvre. This book was released on 2018-09-11. Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 9 (2018) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Catholicism is generally over-institutionalized and over-centralized in comparison to other religions. However, it finds itself in an increasingly interrelated and globalized world and is therefore immersed in a great plurality of social realities. The Changing Faces of Catholicism assembles an international cast of contributors to explore the consequent decline of powerful Catholic organisations as well as to address the responses and resistance efforts that specific countries have taken to counteract the secularization crisis in both Europe and the Americas. It reveals some of the strategies of the Catholic Church as a whole, and of the Vatican centre in particular, to address problems of the global era through the dissemination of spiritually progressive writing, World Youth Days, and the transformation of Catholic education to become a forum for intercultural and interreligious dialogue. The volume also reflects on the adaptation of Catholic institutions and missions as sponsored by religious communities and monastic orders.
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016)
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016) write by Roberto Cipriani. This book was released on 2016-06-27. Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recent studies show that atheism is increasing. The reasons for this development have not as yet been examined thoroughly. Many atheists continue to be residual groups in surveys on religiosity, making it difficult to examine who they are and why they have chosen to be atheists. Moreover, they are minority groups in most countries (former Soviet bloc countries are left out of discussion); many do not identify with any organized groups of atheists or agnostics. Atheist groups and ideologies, then, represent a wide range of attitudes, behaviour and ways of acting towards religion. The lack of a clear definition of what being atheist (or an unbeliever) means today invites us to study the issue in greater depth. This volume represents a first attempt at understanding and scrutinizing atheism. Thanks to all contributors, it provides both a global perspective and specific insights into specific cases.
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 6 (2015)
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 6 (2015) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 6 (2015) write by . This book was released on 2015-09-17. Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 6 (2015) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While the churches are emptying, other virtual religious places – as the religious websites – seem to be filling up. The researcher focusing on religion and internet or digital religion as an object of study must seek answers to a number of questions. Is computer-mediated religious communication a particular communication process whose object is what we conventionally call religion? Or is it a modern, independent form of religious expressiveness that finds its new-born status in the web and its particular language? To examine the questions above, and others, the book collects more empirical data, claiming that the Internet will have a specific or novel impact on how religious traditions are interpreted. The blurring of previous boundaries (offline/online, virtual/local, illegitimate/legitimate religion) is another theme common to all the contributions in this volume.
A Sociology of Prayer
A Sociology of Prayer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Sociology of Prayer write by Giuseppe Giordan. This book was released on 2017-05-15. A Sociology of Prayer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Prayer is a central aspect of religion. Even amongst those who have abandoned organized religion levels of prayer remain high. Yet the most basic questions remain unaddressed: What exactly is prayer? How does it vary? Why do people pray and in what situations and settings? Does prayer imply a god, and if so, what sort? A Sociology of Prayer addresses these fundamental questions and opens up important new debates. Drawing from religion, sociology of religion, anthropology, and historical perspectives, the contributors focus on prayer as a social as well as a personal matter and situate prayer in the conditions of complex late modern societies worldwide. Presenting fresh empirical data in relation to original theorising, the volume also examines the material aspects of prayer, including the objects, bodies, symbols, and spaces with which it may be integrally connected.
