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050 0 0 _aBT 738 .F49
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100 1 _aFlanagan, Kieran,
_d1944-
_eauthor.
245 1 2 _aA sociology of seeking :
_bportents of belief /
_cKieran Flanagan.
263 _a2301
264 1 _aAbingdon, Oxon ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bRoutledge,
_c2023
300 _aix, 298p.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aClassical and contemporary social theory
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aChristian sociology.
650 0 _aBelief and doubt.
650 0 _aGod (Christianity)
_xKnowableness.
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