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Author Martin, D.A
Title Sociology and theology : Alliance and conflict
Imprint Leiden : BRILL, 2003
©2004
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Note Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Of Two Minds -- 1. The Limits of Displacement: two disciplines face each other -- 2. Displacements and Reinstatements: the relations between sociology and theology considered in their changing intellectual context -- 3. The Sociological Mode and the Theological Vocabulary -- 4. Theodicy and Social Theory: an exploration of the limits of collaboration between sociologist and theologian -- 5. The Rational System of Beliefs -- 6. From Sociology to Theology -- 7. The Sociology of Roman Catholic Theology -- 8. God, Man and Media: on a problem arising when theologians speak of the modern world -- 9. Relativizing the Relativizers: a theologian's assessment of the role of sociological explanation of religious phenomena and theology today -- 10. Theology and Sociology: what point is there in keeping the distinction? -- Epilogue: Many Voices -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Authors, Biblical Names and Sources -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W
This work brings together two disciplines. Both sociology and theology give an account of the human condition, but the majority of sociologists and theologians have dismissed each other's views as irrelevant
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Link Print version: Martin, D.A. Sociology and theology : Alliance and conflict Leiden : BRILL,c2003 9789004135987
Subject Christian sociology.;Religion and sociology
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Alt Author Mills, J.O
Pickering, W.S.F
Martin, David A
Mills, John O
Pickering, William
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