Overview A Systems Theory of Religion, still unfinished at Niklas Luhmann's death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the editorial work of André Kieserling. One of Luhmann's most important projects, it exemplifies his later work while redefining the…
1 Peter Clarke: Introduction:Towards a Global Framework and Organic Understanding of Religion I Theory: Classical, Modern and Postmodern 2 Reappraising Durkheim for the Study and Teaching of Religion William E. Paden 3 The Uses of Max Weber: Legitimation and Amnesia in Buddholog…
Acknowledgements 1: Secularization, Enlightenment, and Modern Religion 2: Private and Public Religions 3: Spain: From State Church to Disestablishment 4: Poland: From Church of the Nation to Civil Society 5: Brazil: From From Oligarchie Church to People's Church 6: Evangelical P…
