Voas, David (2015) Religion, Sociology of. In: International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier, pp. 359-365. ISBN 9780080970875. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.84041-6
Voas, David (2015) Religion, Sociology of. In: International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier, pp. 359-365. ISBN 9780080970875. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.84041-6
Voas, David (2015) Religion, Sociology of. In: International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier, pp. 359-365. ISBN 9780080970875. Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.84041-6
Abstract
The sociology of religion is a branch of social science that aims to describe and explain religion in society through empirical investigation and testable theory. It is concerned with individual beliefs and behavior on the one hand and norms and institutions on the other, and with their reciprocal influences. Sociologists seek to explain how religion is affected by social forces and how religion affects other domains in society. This article is a replacement of the previous edition article by R. O'Toole, volume 19, pp. 13106–13112, © 2001, Elsevier Ltd.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Church, Ethnicity, Fundamentalism, New religious movements, Public policy, Religion, Religiosity, Ritual, Sects, Secularization, Sociology, Spirituality |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Social and Economic Research |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2014 14:40 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2024 12:06 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/9661 |