Description: List of Tables About the Author Introduction to the Transaction Edition: Ideology, Social Constructionism, and the Sociology of Religion by Howard Schneiderman Preface to the English Edition The Sociological Definition of Religion Part I The Origins 1. The Historical-Philosophical Background 2. August Comte (1798-1857): The Universal Religion 3. Tocqueville (1805-1859): Religion and Democracy 4. Bergson (1859-1941): Religion and "elan Vital" 5. The Contribution of Anthropology Part II The Classics 1. Durkheim (1858-1917): Religious Forms 2. Weber (1864-1920): Universal Religions 3. Simmel (1858-1918): Religiosity and Religion 4. Freud (1856-1939): The Psychic Dimension of Religion 5. William James (1842-1910): Psychosocial Perspective Part III The Contemporaries 1. Religion as Universal 2. The Macrosociological Approach 3. The Historical-Cultural Dynamics 4. The Frankfurt School and Religion 5. The New European Perspectives 6. The Socioanthropological Perspectives Part IV The Recent Developments 1. Secularization 2. Religious Pluralism 3. Robert Bellah (1927-2013): Civil Religion 4. North American Trends 5. The European Trends 6. Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998): Religion as Function 7. The New Religious Movements Afterword Bibliography Author Index General Index

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