This book, first published in 1989, demonstrates that sociologists
have much to gain from a strengthening of the connections between
general theories about the changing character of modern western
societies and specific studies of religion. It combines an exegesis
of sociological classics in the study of religion, and a history of
their influence upon the subject's development; a criticism of
Talcott Parson's attempt to synthesise classical viewpoints into a
single theory of modernity; a discussion of post-Parsonian theories
of religion's declining importance; and an argument that some
quasi-Marxist thinkers may offer fresh insights into the place of
religion in capitalist societies.
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