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Informed by ‘critical religion’ perspective in Religious Studies and postcolonial self-reflection in Sociology, this book interrogates the ideas of ‘religion’ and ‘the secular’ in social theory and Sociology. It argues that as long as social theory and sociological discourse embed the religion-secular distinction and locate themselves on the ‘secular’ side of the binary, Sociology will continue to serve the very ideologies it tries to subvert – namely Western modernity/coloniality.




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Introduction.- Theoretical Background.- ‘Religion’ in Social Theory.- ‘The Secular’ in Sociology.- Social Construction of Secularisation Thesis.- Textbooks and Other Introductory Materials.- ‘Religion’ in Liquid Late Modernity of Risk Society.- Conclusion: Social Theory and Sociology after Deconstructing the Religious-Secular Binary.

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      Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
      Publication Date: 23/11/2021
      ISBN13: 9783030875152, 978-3030875152
      ISBN10: 3030875156
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Informed by ‘critical religion’ perspective in Religious Studies and postcolonial self-reflection in Sociology, this book interrogates the ideas of ‘religion’ and ‘the secular’ in social theory and Sociology. It argues that as long as social theory and sociological discourse embed the religion-secular distinction and locate themselves on the ‘secular’ side of the binary, Sociology will continue to serve the very ideologies it tries to subvert – namely Western modernity/coloniality.




      Table of Contents
      Introduction.- Theoretical Background.- ‘Religion’ in Social Theory.- ‘The Secular’ in Sociology.- Social Construction of Secularisation Thesis.- Textbooks and Other Introductory Materials.- ‘Religion’ in Liquid Late Modernity of Risk Society.- Conclusion: Social Theory and Sociology after Deconstructing the Religious-Secular Binary.

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