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9780754654582

A Sociology of Spirituality

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  • ISBN13:

    9780754654582

  • ISBN10:

    0754654583

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-08-28
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

The emergence of spirituality in contemporary culture in holistic forms suggests that organized religions have failed. This thesis is explored and disputed in this book in ways that mark important critical divisions. This is the first collection of essays to assess the significance of spirituality in the sociology of religion. The authors explore the relationship of spirituality to the visual, individualism, gender, identity politics, education and cultural capital. The relationship between secularization and spirituality is examined and consideration is given to the significance of Simmel in relation to a sociology of spirituality. Problems of defining spirituality are debated, with reference to its expression in the UK, the USA., France and Holland. This timely, original and well structured volume provides undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers with a scholarly appraisal of a phenomenon that can only increase in sociological significance.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Spirituality: some disciplinary perspectives
The Spiritual Revolution: Another False Dawn for the Sacred
The holistic milieu and spirituality: reflections on Voas and Bruce
Beyond secularisation versus sacralisation: lessons from a study of the Dutch case
Spirituality on the margin of the Church: Christian spiritual centres in The Netherlands
Why so many women in holistic spirituality? A puzzle revisited
Contentious headscarves: spirituality and the state in the 21st century
Georg Simmel: religion and spirituality
Spirituality: from a religious concept to a sociological theory
In search of spiritual capital: the spiritual as a cultural resource
The embodied spirituality of the post-boomer generations
Visual spirituality: an eye for religion
Conclusion
Index.
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