Sociology of Religion: An Historical Introduction

by Cipriani,Roberto

• ISBN13: 9780202305929
• ISBN10: 0202305929
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781000159851
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-08-31
• Publisher: Routledge
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Author Biography

Roberto Cipriani is professor of sociology at the University of Rome, Italy

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
Preface to the English Edition	viii
The Sociological Definition of Religion	1	(12)
PART I THE ORIGINS
The Historical-Philosophical Background	13	(14)
The Universal Religion of Auguste Comte (1798-1857)	27	(6)
Tocqueville (1805-1859): Religion and Democracy	33	(4)
Bergson (1859-1941): Religion and ``Elan Vital''	37	(6)
The Contribution of Anthropology	43	(22)
PART II THE CLASSICS
Durkheim's (1858-1917) Religious Forms	65	(10)
Weber's (1864-1920) Universal Religions	75	(12)
Religiosity and Religion in Simmel (1858-1918)	87	(6)
Freud (1856-1939): The Psychic Dimension of Religion	93	(10)
Religion in William Jame's (1842-1910) Psychosocial Perspective	103	(8)
PART III THE CONTEMPORARIES
Religion as Universal	111	(6)
The Macrosociological Approach	117	(6)
The Historical-Cultural Dynamics	123	(16)
The Frankfurt School and Religion	139	(4)
The New European Perspectives	143	(10)
The Socioanthropological Perspectives	153	(14)
PART IV RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Secularization	167	(12)
Religious Pluralism	179	(6)
Civil Religion in Robert Bellah (1927-)	185	(6)
North American Trends	191	(16)
The European Trends	207	(18)
Religion as Function in the Work of Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998)	225	(6)
The New Religious Movements	231	(4)
Afterword	235	(20)
Bibliography	255	(15)
Author Index	270	(2)
General Index	272