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Religion and the State

A Comparative Sociology

Jack Barbalet Adam Possamai Bryan S. Turner

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English
Anthem Press
15 December 2011
With a clear statement of the theoretical issues in the debates about secularization and post-secularism, 'Religion and the State: A Comparative Sociology' considers a number of major case studies

from China, Europe, Singapore and South Asia

in order to understand the rise of public religions in the modern state. By distinguishing between political secularization

the separation of state and religion

and social secularization

the transformation of the everyday practice of religion

this volume offers an integrating framework within which to analyze these different societies.
Edited by:   , ,
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 34mm
Weight:   454g
ISBN:   9780857287984
ISBN 10:   0857287982
Series:   Key Issues in Modern Sociology
Pages:   296
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction: States, Consumption and Managing Religion; PART I: FROM DEPRIVITIZATION TO SECURITIZATION; 1. Religion in Liberal and Authoritarian States; 2. Religion in Prisons and in Partnership with the State; 3. The Secularization Thesis and the Secular State: Reflections with Special Attention to Debates in Australia; 4. Secularism, Religion and the Status Quo; 5. Managing China's Muslim Minorities: Migration, Labor and the Rise of Ethnoreligious Consciousness among Uyghurs in Urban Xinjiang; 6. The Tension Between State and Religion in American Foreign Policy; 7. Church, State and Society in Post-communist Europe; PART II: FROM PIETISM TO CONSUMERISM; 8. Chinese Religion, Market Society and the State; 9. Hindu Normalization, Nationalism and Consumer Mobilization; 10. Clash of Secularity and Religiosity: The Staging of Secularism and Islam through the Icons of Ataturk and the Veil in Turkey; 11. Gramsci, Jediism, the Standardization of Popular Religion and the State; PART III: CONCLUDING COMMENTS; 12. Concerning the Current Recompositions of Religion and of Politics; 13. Public Religions and the State: A Comparative Perspective

Jack Barbalet is Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department of Sociology at Hong Kong Baptist University. Adam Possamai is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Western Sydney and President of the Research Committee on Religion at the International Sociological Association. Bryan S. Turner is the Presidential Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, University of Western Sydney.

Reviews for Religion and the State: A Comparative Sociology

'Edited by three sociologists and comprised of essays from a distinguished group of social scientists, 'Religion and the State' considers the uniquely modern frictions between politics, economics, and traditional faiths. Far from a simplistic exploration of secularisation [...] The tensions of religious liberty and religious conviction are familiar, yet the authors of this volume consistently urge us to stop seeing the secular and the religious as distinct realms. [...] A giant step toward greater sophistication is found through evidence provided here.' -Gerardo Marti, 'LSE Review of Books' blog


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