Sociology in Theology Reflexivity and Belief [Hardcover]

This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications.Preface Introduction Religion and Reflexivity: The Paralysis of a Theological Imagination To the Western Isles: The Visions of Goffman and Synge Molly Sweeney and the Blind Sociologist: Dilemmas of Discernment Ocular Gifts: Seeing the Invisible in the Visible Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexKIERAN FLANAGAN is Reader in Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK. His publications include: Sociology and Liturgy: Re-presentations of the Holy, The Enchantment of Sociology: A Study of Theology and Culture and Seen and Unseen: Visual Culture, Sociology and Theology. His most recent coedited work (with Peter C. Jupp) is A Sociology of Spirituality.