TY  - GEN
AU  - Flanagan,Kieran
TI  - A sociology of seeking: portents of belief 
T2  - Classical and contemporary social theory
SN  - 9781032322810
AV  - BT 738 .F49 
U1  - 261.8 23/eng/20221121
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Christian sociology
KW  - Belief and doubt
KW  - God (Christianity)
KW  - Knowableness
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "A response to the depletion of the rhetoric of sociology and the spiritual capital of theology, this volume explores the remains of Christianity that still lurk as portents in a progressively de-Christianised society seeking replacements for belief. With the sociologist set in the role of an oracle seeking traces of Christianity in a discipline in which the intrusion of theological understandings has become harder to resist, it offers a narrative of belief following the direction of an exemplary portent: the finger. Through the exploration of broad trends in culture and modern history, this study, informed by interactionist thought, examines both the place of sociology in Christian theology, and the failure of theology to connect to its surrounding culture, asking how the two disciplines might meld profitably together. As such it will appeal to social theorists and theologians, as well as sociologists with interests in religion, culture and secularisation"--
ER  -