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The Invisible Religion (1967) by Thomas Luckmann: Still an Inspiring Program for the Study of Contemporary Religion
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion, Volume 77, Issue 3, Aug 2023, p. 177 - 196
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- 01 Aug 2023
Abstract
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.
© Staf Hellemans
Keyword(s):
Dedifferentiation;
Definition of religion Transformation of religion;
Invisible Religion;
Privatization;
Sociology of religion;
Thomas Luckmann