Response to Adam Possamai

If there is one thing on which most sociologists of religion agree it is that current patterns of religion and spirituality (however they are defined) are confused and confusing. Gone are the days when it seemed that a small number of concepts, such as functional differentiation, secularisation, pri...

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Published in:Journal of sociology (Melbourne, Vic.) Vic.), 2017-12, Vol.53 (4), p.836-838
Main Author: Beckford, James A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apathy
Attitudes
Criticism
Differentiation
Diversification
Explosions
Habermas, Jurgen
Legal pluralism
Methodology
Migration
Neoliberalism
Political philosophy
Politics
Postsecularism
Privatization
Public sphere
Religion
Religion and sociology
Religiosity
Religious beliefs
Religious movements
Secularism
Secularization
Sociologists
Sociology
Spirituality
Transnationalism
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Summary:If there is one thing on which most sociologists of religion agree it is that current patterns of religion and spirituality (however they are defined) are confused and confusing. Gone are the days when it seemed that a small number of concepts, such as functional differentiation, secularisation, privatisation or the rise of new religions, could adequately capture the dominant features of change and continuity. Instead - and partly in response to rapid increases in transnational migration and knowledge about previously obscure religions or parts of the world that had evaded the sociological gaze - it seems as if religious trends are heading in bewilderingly varied directions even in similar types of countries. Explosions of fervent religiosity are occurring alongside not only declining rates of religious belief and commitment but also growing expressions of indifference or antipathy to religion.
ISSN:1440-7833
1741-2978
DOI:10.1177/1440783317743829