Sociologies of religion : : national traditions / / edited by Anthony J. Blasi, Giuseppe Giordan.

• Superior document: Religion and the Social Order, Volume 25
• TeilnehmendeR: Blasi, Anthony J.,; Giordan, Giuseppe,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and the social order ; Volume 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (420 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Sociologies of Religion: National Traditions presents fourteen histories of the sociological study of religion in a diverse set of nations. Each of the histories is newly written by author who are uniquely situated to tell narrate the story of the field in their countries. They give us the stories behind major personages, theoretical traditions, seminal works, research institutes, and professional associations. The histories trace the various ways the field was established in different academic and religious contexts and the trajectories it took in emerging as a scientific specialty.

Table of Contents

Front Matter / Anthony J. Blasi and Giuseppe Giordan -- How to Tell the Story of the History of the Sociology of Religion / Giuseppe Giordan -- Sociology of Religion in French Canada: Vicisitudinous Relations between Autonomous Knowledge and Institutional Dependence / E.-Martin Meunier -- The Historical Development of the Sociology of Religion in English-Speaking Canada / Michael Wilkinson -- Sociology of Religion in the United States / Anthony J. Blasi -- Social Scientists and Disenchanters: Some Basic Themes of Brazilian Sociology of Religion / Roberto Motta -- Sociology of Religion in Great Britain: Interdisciplinarity and Gradual Diversification / Rebecca Catto -- Sociology of Religion in the Netherlands / Kees de Groot and Erik Sengers -- Sociology of Religion in Belgium: From Institutional Reference to a Sociological Analysis of Society / Karel Dobbelaere and Liliane Voyé -- The Sociology of Religion in Germany since 1945 / Detlef Pollack -- France: Re-Founding the Sociology of Religion from Émile Durkheim to the Groupe de Sociologie des Religions and Beyond / Pierre Lassave -- Politics, Religion and Sociology in Spain: The History of a Discipline / Mar Griera -- The Sociology of Religion in Italy / Giuseppe Giordan -- Society under Siege: The Peculiar Story of the Development of the Sociology of Religion in Croatia / Siniša Zrinščak -- A History of the Sociology of Religion in Japan / Michael K. Roemer -- Sociology of Religion in Australia / Gary D. Bouma , Douglas Ezzy , Anna Halafoff and Adam Possamai -- Contributors / Anthony J. Blasi and Giuseppe Giordan.