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Secularization and Social Integration: Papers in honor of Karel Dobbelaere (Sociologie Vandaag / Sociology Today, 4) - Hardcover
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At the end of the 1997-1998 academic year, Professor Karel Dobbelaere was awarded emeritus status by the Catholic University of Leuven. For four decades, he contributed and gave shape to academic sociology in Flanders. During this period, he showed students how to find their way into general sociology and sociological research at the Catholic University of Leuven and the University of Antwerp. At the same time, he brought the sociology of religion in Flanders to maturity. With indefatigable dedication, he defended the autonomy and the necessity of a scientific, empirical study of churches, denominations, sects, and religious beliefs from a sociological perspective.
Karel Dobbelaere managed to reconcile harmoniously a permanent presence in Flemish sociology with an international scientific career. He enjoys great recognition within the world community of sociologists of religion and within its representative organization, the Société Internationale de Sociologie des Religions/International Society for the Sociology of Religion (SISR/ISSR). Particularly on the themes of pillarization and secularization, he did pioneering theoretical and empirical work. His often renewing insights have been expressed in several studies and numerous articles in scientific books and international journals.
Given that Karel Dobbelaere gained world-wide respect as a sociologist of religion, it seemed appropriate to honour him at the end of his academic career with an international Festschrift. Many of his colleagues and friends within the field of the sociology of religion contributed to this volume, whose title, Secularization and Social Integration, refers, of course, to one of the main themes in Dobbelaere's work.
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Rudi Laermans is als gewoon hoogleraar verbonden aan het Departement Sociologie van de K.U.Leuven, waar hij ook het Centrum voor Cultuursociologie leidt. Hij is co-promotor van het interuniversitaire steunpunt Re-Creatief Vlaanderen.
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Secularization and Social Integration: Papers in honor of Karel Dobbelaere (Sociologie Vandaag / Sociology Today, 4)
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Leuven University Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 9061869323
ISBN 13: 9789061869320
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Cloth hardcover, xvi + 338 pages, NOT ex-library. Faint extensive staining on the boards, faint traces of water damage and a bit of wrinkling inside the book. Else clean and bright interior with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Some very sparse, gentle spotting on outer page edges. Bright untorn dust jacket shows a bit of wrinkling and moderate wear. -- An international Festschrift honoring the career of the Belgian sociologist Karel Dobbelaere upon his retirement from the Catholic University of Leuven. The volume brings together leading global scholars to engage with Dobbelaere's influential "three-level" theory of secularization. Core Themes and Structure: The book is organized into four thematic parts that reflect the primary pillars of Dobbelaere's sociological research: - The Secularization Thesis: Scholars evaluate Dobbelaere's specific framework, which distinguishes between secularization at the societal level (separation of church and state), the organizational level (the internal change of religious institutions), and the individual level (the decline of personal belief). - Theoretical Perspectives: Contributors revisit classical resources, such as the works of Durkheim, Weber, and Simmel, to analyze contemporary religious transformations in the West. - Social Integration and Case Studies: This section explores the relationship between secularization and social solidarity. It includes specific case studies on pillarization (social segmentation based on religion) in countries like Japan and Belgium. - Identity and Meaning: The final chapters investigate how religion remains a resource for personal identity and the creation of "social bonds" even in highly secularized contexts. The volume features essays from some of the most prominent figures in the sociology of religion, including: Bryan Wilson (a leading proponent of secularization theory from Oxford), James A. Beckford (writes on social constructionist views of solidarity), Danièle Hervieu-Léger (analyzes religious modernity through the lens of conversion). Seller Inventory # 013405