Religion and the Social Order
New Series from Brill Academic Publishers and the Association for the Sociology of Religion*
William H. Swatos, Jr., General Editor
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American Sociology Of Religion: Histories
(Volume 13)
This is a collection of histories of various aspects if American sociology of religion. The contributions range from descriptions of early dissertations, accounts of changes in theoretical conceptualization, the evolution of studies of particular denominations, to the rise of new areas of inquiry such as globalization, feminism, new religions, and the study of the religious traditions of Latino/a Americans. Taken as a whole, the volume complements rather than duplicates commemorative issues of the relevant journals, which focused on the scholarly organizations in the field. It represents a first effort to develop an organized treatment of the fascinating history of the specialty in the U.S.A..
Edited by Anthony J. Blasi
ISBN 978 90 04 16115 3
August 2007
ASR Member Price: $29.00 USD
Vocation and Social Context (Volume 14)
The category of Beruf has intrigued sociology since Max Weber made it a fundamental element in understanding the relationship between the individual and society. The richness of the concept can be found in the simultaneous polarity and interpenetration between the subject's personal profession and the feeling of a call from God: precisely this ambiguity widens the possibility of applying the concept in understanding the meaning that individuals give to their own professions, acivities and, more generally, "life in the world." Illustrating the different ways in which "vocation-profession" can be interpreted, and how it can be studied from various perspectives and with different scientific sensibilities, this book demonstrates how the concept of Beruf continues to be fertile for contemporary sociology.
Edited by Giuseppe Giordan
ISBN 978 90 04 16194
August 2007
ASR Member Price $29.00 USD
On the Road to Being There: Studies in Pilgrimage and Tourism in Late Modernity (Volume 12)
This volume consists of a collection of twelve empirical studies that are particularly directed toward assessing both the role of religion in the pilgrimage/tourism nexus and the ways in which religious expressions have changed as a result of the technological and social changes of late modernity that affect human behavior in a more general sense. The chapters address neo-pagan pilgrimage tours to ancient pagan temples, travels to spiritual healers, the development of historical sites by American religious movements of nineteenth-century origin, labyrinths, pilgrimages that emphasize walking a journey rather than visiting buildings, the Roman Jubilee of 2000, Kyoto's Gion Festival, and similar topics.
EDITED BY WILLIAM H. SWATOS, JR.
• ISBN 90 04 15183 4
• Paperback
• ASR Members price EUR 29 / US$ 29
State, Market, and Religions in
Chinese Societies (Volume 11)
This collection of original, new studies about Mainland China and Taiwan focuses on religious changes, and especially the role of the state and market in affecting religious developments in these societies. The topics covered are: the growing interest in the study of religion, the methods used by Christians to be able to coexist with a communist government, revival techniques being used by Buddhist monks, the strategies of Daoist priests and sect leaders to attract followers, the significance of mass-circulating morality books, and the ongoing debate about the significance and nature of Confucianism.
EDITED BY FENGGANG YANG AND JOSEPH B. TAMNEY
• ISBN 90 04 14597 4
• Paperback
• ASR Members price EUR 29 / US$ 29
Forthcoming Volumes:
North American Buddhism
Edited By Paul D. Numrich
August 2008
*The series Religion and the Social Order was initiated by the Association for the Sociology of Religion in 1991, under the General Editorship of David G. Bromley. In 2004 an agreement between Brill and the ASR renewed the series with the publication of Volume 11.