TY - JOUR
AU - Gorski, Philip S.
AB - BOOK REVIEWS 99 sociological, can offer to the broader study That done, he proposes a strong of these two closely related but equally version of the theory. Secularization slippery aspects of collective behavior. involves the decay, displacement, seques- The Appendix, “Studying Religious tration, replacement, and decline of reli- Emotion: Method and Practice,” is an gious institutions, agencies, consciousness, excellent primer. Recommended. functions, and resources (2). It is causally overdetermined. One causal chain links John Corrigan monotheism to rationality, science, and Florida State University technology. A second links the Protestant Reformation to capitalism and economic doi:10.1093/socrel/srs021 growth with their attendant consequences Advance Access Publication 29 February 2012 for differentiation and privatization. And a third links the Reformation to individu- alism and sectarianism. In this way, Bruce attempts to synthesize the Weberian tradi- tion, which emphasizes endogenous causes, with the Durkheimian tradition, Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable which emphasizes exogenous ones. This Theory, by STEVE BRUCE. deft and compact synthesis of the litera- New York: Oxford University Press, ture is easily the strongest part of the 2011, 224 pp.; $45.00 (cloth). book. In Chapters 4 – 7, Bruce takes aim at the Anglo-American divisions of the revi- Many indicators of 
TI - Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory
JF - Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review
DO - 10.1093/socrel/srs023
DA - 2012-03-29
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/secularization-in-defence-of-an-unfashionable-theory-aS2fECwIT0
SP - 99
EP - 100
VL - 73
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