Sociology in Theology Reflexivity and Belief

by Flanagan, Kieran

• ISBN13: 9780230002654
• ISBN10: 023000265X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Sociology has taken a recent and unexpected theological turn that has radical implications for reflexivity. This original study explores these in four areas: visual aspects of reflexivity and theology; Simmel and Mauss on prayer as a form of spiritual capital; identity and the constitution of character; and finally, and most controversially, a reflection on sociological expectations of theology. This is one of the few works that explores a new terrain with profound implications for sociology and theology.

Author Biography

KIERAN FLANAGAN is Reader in Sociology at the University of Bristol. His publications include: Seen and Unseen, Sociology and Liturgy: Re-presentations of the Holy; and The Enchantment of Sociology: A Study of Theology and Culture. He has co-edited with Peter C. Jupp: Postmodernity, Sociology and Religion; and Virtue Ethics and Sociology: Issues of Modernity and Religion.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Religion and Reflexivity: The Paralysis of a Theological Imagination	p. 16
To the Western Isles: The Visions of Goffman and Synge	p. 47
Molly Sweeney and the Blind Sociologist: Dilemmas of Discernment	p. 80
Ocular Gifts: Seeing the Invisible in the Visible	p. 110
Conclusion	p. 147
Notes	p. 162
Bibliography	p. 166
Index	p. 177
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