Sökning: "The Sociology of Religion"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 119 avhandlingar innehållade orden The Sociology of Religion.
1. The Political Sociology of Religion : The Impact of Religion on Political Attitudes and Behaviors in Secularizing European Societies
Sammanfattning : European societies have experienced extensive secularization. However, the impact of religion in governing people’s political attitudes and behaviors persists, which has been enhanced by several recent developments, including the growing salience of religious and conservative values for the remaining committed religious people, the rise of radical right parties that use Christianity in their anti-immigrant and nationalist rhetoric, and the increasing number of immigrants from outside Europe that contribute to the diversification of religion in European societies. LÄS MER
2. A Science of Unique Events : Max Weber's Methodology of the Cultural Sciences
Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER
3. The Antisemitic Origins of Islamist Violence : A Study of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic State
Sammanfattning : The rise of the Islamic State, and its antisemitic ideology, has led to violence against Jews in Europe and a genocide of Shia Muslims in Iraq. This thesis investigates the causes and origins of Islamist antisemitic violence from a social identity perspective. LÄS MER
4. What Counts as Religion in Sociology? : The Problem of Religiosity in Sociological Methodology
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to contribute to the ongoing critical discussion within the sociology of religion by focusing on the seldom considered perspective of methodology. As such, it consists of a theoretical part that problematizes the ways in which religion has been analyzed, and an empirical part that develops how religiosity can be approached in sociological studies. LÄS MER
5. Tricks of the Medical Trade : Cunning in the Age of Bureaucratic Austerity
Sammanfattning : Being a “good” doctor nowadays involves more than having virtues and capacities conducive to the content of encounters between physicians and patients. Physicians can and must be able to act on the surrounding conditions of the doctor-patient encounter, in order to keep external interests at bay. LÄS MER