Title:
The sacred in the modern world : a cultural sociological approach
Author:
Lynch, Gordon, 1968-
ISBN:
9780199557011
9780191613319
9780198705215
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Physical Description:
ix, 181 pages ; 23 cm
General Note:
Originally published in paperback 2014.
Contents:
Introduction: why do we need a sociology of the sacred? -- Ontological and Durkheimian theories of the sacred -- After Durkheim: the development of a cultural sociology of the sacred -- Dominant and subjugated sacred forms: interpreting the systemic abuse and neglect of children in the Irish Industrial School system -- The mediatization of the sacred: the BBC, Gaza and the DEC appeal -- Living with the light and shadow of the sacred -- Conclusion.
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