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Sociology in Theology

Reflexivity and Belief

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Kieran Flanagan

    1. University of Bristol, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Kieran Flanagan
    Pages 1-15

  3. Religion and Reflexivity: The Paralysis of a Theological Imagination

    • Kieran Flanagan
    Pages 16-46

  4. To the Western Isles: The Visions of Goffman and Synge

    • Kieran Flanagan
    Pages 47-79

  5. Molly Sweeney and the Blind Sociologist: Dilemmas of Discernment

    • Kieran Flanagan
    Pages 80-109

  6. Ocular Gifts: Seeing the Invisible in the Visible

    • Kieran Flanagan
    Pages 110-146

  7. Conclusion

    • Kieran Flanagan
    Pages 147-161

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 162-189
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About this book

This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Bristol, UK

    Kieran Flanagan

About the author

KIERAN FLANAGAN is Reader in Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK. His publications include: Sociology and Liturgy: Re-presentations of the Holy, The Enchantment of Sociology: A Study of Theology and Culture and Seen and Unseen: Visual Culture, Sociology and Theology. His most recent coedited work (with Peter C. Jupp) is A Sociology of Spirituality.

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