Abstract
Thomas Luckmann’s "The Invisible religion" was first published in English in 1967 and has now, in 2023, at last been reprinted in a new, expanded edition. The book still opens vistas and raises challenges that are at the center of the study of religion today: how to conceptualize religion, how to trace “invisible,” in particular non-institutional, religion, and how to conceive the contemporary transformation of religion. After introducing the author and the context of the book, I will summarize its content. In the third and main part, I will highlight the enduring programmatic qualities of this modern classic
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 177-196 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion |
Volume | 77 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2023 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Thomas Luckmann
- Sociology of Religion
- Privatization
- Invisible Religion
- Transformation of Religion
- Definition of Religion
- Dedifferentiation