TY - BOOK ID - 137715464 TI - Sociologies of religion : national traditions AU - Blasi, Anthony J. AU - Giordan, Giuseppe PY - 2015 SN - 9789004297296 9789004297586 9004297294 9004297588 PB - Leiden Brill DB - UniCat KW - Religion and sociology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137715464 AB - Sociologies of Religion: National Traditions presents fourteen histories of the sociological study of religion in a diverse set of nations. Each of the histories is newly written by author who are uniquely situated to tell narrate the story of the field in their countries. They give us the stories behind major personages, theoretical traditions, seminal works, research institutes, and professional associations. The histories trace the various ways the field was established in different academic and religious contexts and the trajectories it took in emerging as a scientific specialty.-- ER -