Theology in a Social Context : Sociological Theology Volume 1.
Title:
Theology in a Social Context : Sociological Theology Volume 1.
Author:
Gill, Robin, Professor.
ISBN:
9781409425960
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (247 pages)
Series:
Ashgate Contemporary Ecclesiology
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Theology and Sociology -- 1 Three Sociological Approaches to Theology -- 2 The Critique of Religious Sociology -- 3 Explanation in Sociology and Theology -- 4 Theologians as Amateur Sociologists -- 5 Plausibility Structures and Theology -- 6 Societal Assumptions in a Theological Debate -- Part II: Sociological Challenges to Theological Assumptions -- 7 Relative Convictions -- 8 Fundamentalist Convictions -- 9 Impending Convictions -- Part III: Social Context Re-assessed -- 10 Secularization Revisited -- 11 Social Context: Evidence from Newspapers -- 12 The Social Context of Virtue Ethics -- Works Cited -- Index.
Abstract:
In the first book of his new trilogy on Sociological Theology, Gill argues that a sociological perspective makes an important contribution to theology. Having explored objections raised by theologians and sociologists, Gill explains that a proper understanding of social context is a prerequisite for effective theology and how sociological perspective offers crucial insights into resurgent forms of fundamentalism. This book presents an important, fresh account of social context in the modern world.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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