Religion, Spirituality and the Social Sciences: Challenging Marginalisation

Book Overview

A growing number of people are claiming or reclaiming a religious or spiritual identity for themselves. Yet, in contemporary Western societies, the frameworks of understanding that have developed within the social science disciplines, and which are used to analyse data, are secular in nature, and so may be inappropriate for investigating some aspects of religion, spirituality and faith and how these intersect with individuals' lives.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847420419
• ISBN13: 9781847420411
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.5"