‘Secularisation’ and ‘Religion’ as Zombie Categories?

Authors

  • Adam M. Possamai University of Western Sydney

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/arsr.v20i2.233

Keywords:

Secularisation, Zombie Categories

Abstract

David Martin, On Secularization: Towards a Revised General Theory. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, 2005, 206pp.

 

Régis Debray, Les communions humaines. Pour en finir avec la ‘religion’ [Human communion. For an ending to ‘Religion’]. Fayard, Paris, 2005, 159pp.

 

Kim Knott, The Location of Religion: A Spatial Analysis. Equinox, London, 2005, 264pp.

Author Biography

  • Adam M. Possamai, University of Western Sydney
    Adam Possamai is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Western Sydney and Past President of the Australian Association for the Study of Religions. He was the Programme Coordinator for the Research Committee for the Sociology of Religion at the XVI World Congress of Sociology. He is the author of Religion and Popular Culture: A Hyper-Real Testament (2005, Peter Lang), In Search of New Age (2005, Ashgate), and a book of short stories, Perles Noires (2005, Nuit D’Avril). His new book, Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y will be published in 2008 by Equinox.

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Published

2007-10-23

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Review Essay

License

Equinox Publishing Ltd.

How to Cite

Possamai, A. M. (2007). ‘Secularisation’ and ‘Religion’ as Zombie Categories?. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 20(2), 233-242. https://doi.org/10.1558/arsr.v20i2.233