SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION, THE

Why is religion still important? Can we be fully modern and fully religious? This book, written by one of the leading figures in the field, works at two levels. First it sets out the agenda -- covering the key questions in the sociology of religion today. At the same time, it interrogates this agenda -- asking if the sociology of religion, as we currently know it, is 'fit for purpose'. If not, what is to be done?