Introduction: the state of the sociology of religion
1. Religion, religions and the body
2. Emile Durkheim and the classification of religion
3. Max Weber and comparative religion
4. Talcott Parsons and the expressive revolution
5. Mary Douglas and modern primitives
6. Pierre Bourdieu and religious practice
7. The secularization thesis
8. Legal pluralism, religion and multiculturalism
9. Managing religions: liberal and authoritarian states
10. Religious speech: on ineffable communication
11. Spiritualities: the media, feminism and consumerism
12. Religion, globalization and cosmopolitanism
13. Civil religion, citizenship and the business cycle
14. The globalization of piety.