'Secularisation' and 'Religion' as Zombie Categories?
Issue: Vol 20 No. 2 (2007)
Journal: Journal for the Academic Study of Religion
Subject Areas: Religious Studies Buddhist Studies Islamic Studies Biblical Studies
Abstract:
The article reviews three recent pieces of work on secularisation and religion as social scientific concepts. It also brings into the discussion Beck’s recent proposal for a methodological cosmopolitanism and argues for the move of sociology of religion towards this new paradigm.
Author: Adam M. Possamai