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The Political Relevance of the Sociology of Religion
The Political Relevance of the Sociology of Religion
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Jan 15, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Following the lead of scholars such as Jose Casanova, Professor Turner brings the public and political role of religion into focus. By doing so, he argues, we can push the sociology of religion toward the realms of political theory, international relations, and race relations, thus creating an agenda in which the sociology of religion becomes increasingly mainstream and relevant to the world we live in, ...
Released:
Jan 15, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Invention of the Secular Academy: The Religious Studies Project, as an academic endeavour studying religion, is of course devoutly secular. In fact, we tend to take the connection between secularity and the academy completely for granted. But was this always the case? If not, by The Religious Studies Project