The book discusses the theoretical and methodological challenges of an interculturally valid sociology of religion and provides insights into the autochthonous socio-religious research in Muslim societies and Asian countries. In this way, it links discourses that have so far taken place primarily independently of one another. The book goes back to a conference in Münster that questioned the Western foundation of empirical religiosity research, which reaches its limits in the non-American and non-European context, but also with regard to orthodox forms of faith in the Western context.

Innovative approaches to religious sociological research Insight into the Muslim sociology of religion Insight into the Asian sociology of religion

Autorentext

Dr. Sarah Demmrich, Post-doc at the Cluster of Excellence "Religion und Politik", Chair of Sociology of Religion at University Münster
Dr. Ulrich Riegel, Professor for Religious Education at the University of Siegen

Klappentext

The book discusses the theoretical and methodological challenges of an interculturally valid sociology of religion and provides insights into the autochthonous socio-religious research in Muslim societies and Asian countries. In this way, it links discourses that have so far taken place primarily independently of one another. The book goes back to a conference in Münster that questioned the Western foundation of empirical religiosity research, which reaches its limits in the non-American and non-European context, but also with regard to orthodox forms of faith in the Western context.

Inhalt

Conceptual and methodological challenges from a global perspective.- Europe.- Between Europe and Asia.- Asia.