Towards a New Theory of Religion and Social Change

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"This book argues that neither theories of secularisation nor theories of lived religion offer satisfactory accounts of religion and social change. Drawing from Deleuze and Gauttari's idea of the assemblage, Paul-François Tremlett outlines an alternative. Informed by classical and contemporary theories of religion as well as empirical case studies and ethnography conducted in Manila and London, this book re-frames religion as spatially organised flows. Foregrounding the agency of hon-human actors, it offers a compelling and original account of religion and social change."--

subjects: Religion,  Social change,  Religion and social problems,  Religion and the social sciences,  Religions,  Social aspects,  History of religion