„THE RELIGIOUS AND THE POLITICAL: A COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION“

How can the swaying relationship between religion and politics in contemporary globalized world be analyzed and subsequently explained in sociological terms? Turner tries to answer this and other complex questions - secularism, religious revival, extremism - in the wider theoretical framework based...

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Main Author: Massimiliano Ruzzeddu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Center for Study of Religion and Religious Tolerance 2016-12-01
Series:Politics and Religion
Online Access:http://politicsandreligionjournal.com/index.php/prj/article/view/34
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Summary:How can the swaying relationship between religion and politics in contemporary globalized world be analyzed and subsequently explained in sociological terms? Turner tries to answer this and other complex questions - secularism, religious revival, extremism - in the wider theoretical framework based on the assumption that State formations are intertwined with religion.
ISSN:1820-6581
1820-659X