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title	:	Society, Spirituality, and the Sacred : A Social Scientific Introduction
author	:	Swenson, Don.
publisher	:	Broadview Press
isbn10 | asin	:	1551112426
print isbn13	:	9781551112428
ebook isbn13	:	9780585265384
language	:	English
subject	Religion, Social sciences.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	BL60.S94 1999eb
ddc	:	215
subject	:	Religion, Social sciences.

Page 3 Society, Spirituality, and the Sacred A Social Scientific Introduction by Don Swenson broadview press

Page 4 Copyright 1999 Donald Swenson All rights reserved. The use of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior written consent of the publisheror in the case of photocopying, a licence from CANCOPY (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency) One Yonge Street, Suite 1900, Toronto, Ontario M5E IE5is an infringement of the copyright law. CANADIAN CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION DATA Main entry under title: Society, sprirituality, and the sacred: a social scientific introduction ISBN 1-55111-242-6 1. Religion and sociology. 2. Psychology and religion. I. Title. BL60.S94 1999 306.6 C99-930707-X BROADVIEW PRESS, LTD. is an independent, international publishing house, incorporated in 1985. North America Post Office Box 1243, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7H5 3576 California Road, Orchard Park, New York, USA 14127 TEL (705) 743-8990; FAX (705) 743-8353; E-MAIL 75322.44@compuserve.com United Kingdom and Europe Turpin Distribution Services, Ltd., Blackhorse Rd., Letchworth, Hertfordshire, SG6 1HN TEL (1462) 672555; FAX (1462) 480947; E-MAIL turpin@rsc.org Australia St. Clair Press, Post Office Box 287, Rozelle, NSW 2039 TEL (612) 818-1942; FAX (612) 418-1923 www.broadviewpress.com Canada* Broadview Press gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ministry of Canadian Heritage through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program. Cover design by Marc Blanger and Zack Taylor, Black Eye Design. Typeset by Zack Taylor, Black Eye Design. Printed in Canada 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Page 5 CONTENTS Acknowledgements 7 Part I World Views, Social Boundaries, Religious Experiences and Institutions One Introduction: Perspectives on Social Science and Theory 13 Two Religion as a World View 37 Three Societal Boundaries and Religious Institutions 71 Four Varieties of Religious Experience 99 Five Religious Experience and the Genesis of Religious Institutions 123 Part II The Dilemmas in the Institutionalization of Religion Six The Dilemma of Mixed Motivation: The Study of Leadership 141 Seven The Symbolic Dilemma: The Study of Ritual 183 Eight The Dilemma of Administrative Order: The Rise of Formal Organizations 209

Page 6 Nine The Dilemma of Delimitation: The Study of Ethos 249 Ten The Dilemma of Power: The Relationship Between Religion and Politics 273 Part III The Linkage of Religion to Other Institutions, Secularization, and Religious Responses to Postmodernity Eleven Religion and the Family: Continued Dilemmas 303 Twelve Religion, The Economy, and Social Stratification 321 Thirteen The Encounter with Culture: Secularization and Postmodernism 347 Fourteen Synthesis and Conclusions 385 Glossary 389 References 399 Index 423

Page 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book has been a long time in creation. I first thought of the importance of the concept of "the sacred" as being central to the social scientific study of religion twenty-five years ago when I taught at St. Thomas Moore College in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Since then, the individuals who have helped me in this project are fellow academics: Bill Zwerman, John Thompson, David Klein, and Keith Brownsey. Staff of Broadview Press in general and Michael Harrison in particular have walked with me through the last stages of the book. Angela, who has stood by me for the last six years, has encouraged me significantly in many ways.

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