Sociology of the Sacred Philip Briggs Each chapter offers a comprehensive

Each chapter offers a comprehensive review and an extensive bibliography and will be invaluable to researchers wanting to update themselves about modern developments' - Professor Nigel Gilbert

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Sociology of the Sacred Philip Briggs Each chapter offers a comprehensive"About time! Two key experts in the field remind us of the significance and power of religion as bio political and bio economic." Beverley Skeggs, Goldsmiths, University of London "A welcome addition to a continuing body of work by two distinguished theorists of religion." Grace Davie, University of Exeter "Mellor and Shilling cement their place at the pinnacle of the contemporary sociological theorisation of religion and the sacred. If sociological