Reviews for The Sociology of Religion

The average rating for The Sociology of Religion based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-03-07 00:00:00 Corey Duguay I remember being slightly disappointed with this book, as I thought it would be as mesmerizing to me as Conjunctions and Disjunctions. Still quite interesting, though.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-04-19 00:00:00 Paul Silano Despite being a bit of a rant and being slightly dated, this is generally a good book. McCutcheon's frustrations are helpful in historically narrating the trials and tribulations of the field of religious studies and in many cases remain relevant. I find the late chapters on film and creating an intro class unhelpful for contemporary classrooms and he misunderstands Carl Raschke, only citing one short essay (dated even for when McCutheon cites it) without attention to his large amount of published works. But all and all, I agree with much of what McCutheon has to say about theory, not just for religious studying but literary studies as well.