I Furseth
Biographic Data
| ID | 4187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | I Furseth |
| GIVEN NAMES | I |
| FAMILY NAME | Furseth |
| SIGNATURE | FURSETH I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7496-349X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What can women in classical sociology teach us about contemporary sociology of religion
This article presents the main work of two women in classical sociology, Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) and Ida B. Wells (1862-1931). While some sociologists have pointed to the significance of their work and that of other early women classical sociologists, most sociologists, and in particular, most sociologists of religion, have ignored their work. This article asks which themes in sociology and the sociology of religion these women addressed th…
An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
"An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion provides an overview of sociological theories of contemporary religious life. Some chapters are organized according to topic. Others offer brief presentations of classical and contemporary sociologists from Karl Marx to Zygmunt Bauman and their perspectives on social life, including religion. Throughout the book, illustrations and examples are taken from several religious traditions."--BOOK JACKET
Religious complexity
This article contributes to the debate on secularization and the return of religion by using the social science complexity frame of reference. A trend in many Western countries is the decline in individual religiosity, increase in ‘nones’, growth of non-Christian religions, changes in religion itself, and the visibility of religion in the public sphere. Many sociologists of religion have analyzed the situation by discrediting the theory of secula…
Religious Complexity in Nordic Public Spheres
This article studies empirically the complexity of religion in the public sphere by systematically comparing the five Nordic countries. Sociologists debate if current trends in the West point to secularization or a return of religion (deprivatization, desecularization, or post-secularity). By drawing on the social science complexity reference, this article offers a critique of current scholarship and introduces the concept of religious complexity…
An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
Is it true that religion is weakening in modern times, or are we facing religious resurgence? What is fundamentalism? How does it emerge and grow? What role does religion play in ethnic and national conflicts? Is religion a fundamental driving force or do political leaders use religion for their own purposes? Do all religions oppress women? These are some of the questions addressed in this book. An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion provid…
Religion, Gender and Citizenship
This book is based on a comparative study of Christian and Muslim women in Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom. It is a result of research conducted within the research project “FEMCIT: Gendered
Hijab street fashion og stil i Oslo
Religion In the Works of Habermas, Bourdieu, and Foucault
This article discusses how the theoretical perspectives of Jürgen Habermas, Pierre Bourdieu, and Michel Foucault may illuminate studies of religion. Although these contemporary social and cultural theorists have not written extensively on religion, it does appear as a theme in their work. Their conceptual tools are also used more generally in studies of religion, which call for attention to these theorists by sociologists of religion. The discuss…
Prison Chaplaincy from a Scandinavian Perspective
The Lutheran churches of Denmark and Norway retain strong ties to the State and the Lutheran prison chaplaincy exists within the framework of the State churches in similar ways in both countries. The situation of Muslim chaplaincies is however very different in the two countries. In Denmark where general policies are not multicultural and where the relationship between State and church remains strong, the prison service has several prison imams e…
Religion in the Works of Habermas, Bourdieu, and Foucault
Social Capital And Immigrant Religion
This article focuses on the emerging religious diversity in the West represented by new immigrant populations. It surveys some of the growing amount of research on immigrant religions within the sociology of religion, and argues that much of this research lacks concern for systematic theory. On this basis, it explores and discusses the concept of «social capital» as a possible approach in the study of immigrant religions. By looking at religion a…
Bokanmeldelser
From “Everything Has a Meaning” to “I Want to Believe in Something”
English The author analyzes change in religious culture between two generations of Norwegian women. The first part consists of a brief overview of the major findings from the survey, ISSP Norway Religion 98, regarding gender and religion. The second part consists of an in-depth analysis of the life-stories of two women, one born in 1933 and the other in 1980. The narratives demonstrate a shift in orientation from organized religion to individual …
Secularization and the Role of Religion in State Institutions
The author examines the decline of religion thesis and the privatization thesis by studying the role of religion in two state institutions in Norway, namely prisons and the military. Focus is directed towards the field of relations between the Church of Norway's military and prison service chaplaincies and representatives of other faiths, especially Islam. Data consist of interviews with prison chaplains and representatives from the Chaplaincy No…
Women's Role in Historic Religious and Political Movements
This article will compare the role of women in four historic religious and political movements in Norwegian history during the period 1780-1860. The Lofthus revolt and the Thrane movement are the political movements under study, and the Hauge movement and Norwegian Methodism are the religious movements. Within each movement, two issues are considered. First, there is an examination of the differential participation of women in the movements, wher…
Civil Religion in a Low Key
In this paper I examine Robert Bellah's thesis about civil religion as a universal phenomenon by applying it to Norwegian society. Two aspects of civil religion are considered. First, I study the presence of civil religion in Norwegian society. I ask: Is civil religion a phenomenon that exists and has existed in Norwegian history? Second, I distinguish between periods of social stability and of national crises. I attempt to assess whether nationa…
Civil Religion in a Low Key
In this paper I examine Robert Bellah's thesis about civil religion as a universal phenomenon by applying it to Norwegian society. Two aspects of civil religion are considered. First, I study the presence of civil religion in Norwegian society. I ask: Is civil religion a phenomenon that exists and has existed in Norwegian history? Second, I distinguish between periods of social stability and of national crises. I attempt to assess whether nationa…
Prison Chaplaincy from a Scandinavian Perspective
The Lutheran churches of Denmark and Norway retain strong ties to the State and the Lutheran prison chaplaincy exists within the framework of the State churches in similar ways in both countries. The situation of Muslim chaplaincies is however very different in the two countries. In Denmark where general policies are not multicultural and where the relationship between State and church remains strong, the prison service has several prison imams e…
Religion, Gender and Citizenship
This book is based on a comparative study of Christian and Muslim women in Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom. It is a result of research conducted within the research project “FEMCIT: Gendered
Religious complexity
This article contributes to the debate on secularization and the return of religion by using the social science complexity frame of reference. A trend in many Western countries is the decline in individual religiosity, increase in ‘nones’, growth of non-Christian religions, changes in religion itself, and the visibility of religion in the public sphere. Many sociologists of religion have analyzed the situation by discrediting the theory of secula…
What can women in classical sociology teach us about contemporary sociology of religion
This article presents the main work of two women in classical sociology, Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) and Ida B. Wells (1862-1931). While some sociologists have pointed to the significance of their work and that of other early women classical sociologists, most sociologists, and in particular, most sociologists of religion, have ignored their work. This article asks which themes in sociology and the sociology of religion these women addressed th…
Women's Role in Historic Religious and Political Movements
This article will compare the role of women in four historic religious and political movements in Norwegian history during the period 1780-1860. The Lofthus revolt and the Thrane movement are the political movements under study, and the Hauge movement and Norwegian Methodism are the religious movements. Within each movement, two issues are considered. First, there is an examination of the differential participation of women in the movements, wher…
Civil Religion in a Low Key
In this paper I examine Robert Bellah's thesis about civil religion as a universal phenomenon by applying it to Norwegian society. Two aspects of civil religion are considered. First, I study the presence of civil religion in Norwegian society. I ask: Is civil religion a phenomenon that exists and has existed in Norwegian history? Second, I distinguish between periods of social stability and of national crises. I attempt to assess whether nationa…
Women's Role in Historic Religious and Political Movements
This article will compare the role of women in four historic religious and political movements in Norwegian history during the period 1780-1860. The Lofthus revolt and the Thrane movement are the political movements under study, and the Hauge movement and Norwegian Methodism are the religious movements. Within each movement, two issues are considered. First, there is an examination of the differential participation of women in the movements, wher…
Secularization and the Role of Religion in State Institutions
The author examines the decline of religion thesis and the privatization thesis by studying the role of religion in two state institutions in Norway, namely prisons and the military. Focus is directed towards the field of relations between the Church of Norway's military and prison service chaplaincies and representatives of other faiths, especially Islam. Data consist of interviews with prison chaplains and representatives from the Chaplaincy No…
From “Everything Has a Meaning” to “I Want to Believe in Something”
English The author analyzes change in religious culture between two generations of Norwegian women. The first part consists of a brief overview of the major findings from the survey, ISSP Norway Religion 98, regarding gender and religion. The second part consists of an in-depth analysis of the life-stories of two women, one born in 1933 and the other in 1980. The narratives demonstrate a shift in orientation from organized religion to individual …
Social Capital And Immigrant Religion
This article focuses on the emerging religious diversity in the West represented by new immigrant populations. It surveys some of the growing amount of research on immigrant religions within the sociology of religion, and argues that much of this research lacks concern for systematic theory. On this basis, it explores and discusses the concept of «social capital» as a possible approach in the study of immigrant religions. By looking at religion a…
Bokanmeldelser
Religion in the Works of Habermas, Bourdieu, and Foucault
Religion In the Works of Habermas, Bourdieu, and Foucault
This article discusses how the theoretical perspectives of Jürgen Habermas, Pierre Bourdieu, and Michel Foucault may illuminate studies of religion. Although these contemporary social and cultural theorists have not written extensively on religion, it does appear as a theme in their work. Their conceptual tools are also used more generally in studies of religion, which call for attention to these theorists by sociologists of religion. The discuss…
Prison Chaplaincy from a Scandinavian Perspective
The Lutheran churches of Denmark and Norway retain strong ties to the State and the Lutheran prison chaplaincy exists within the framework of the State churches in similar ways in both countries. The situation of Muslim chaplaincies is however very different in the two countries. In Denmark where general policies are not multicultural and where the relationship between State and church remains strong, the prison service has several prison imams e…
Hijab street fashion og stil i Oslo
An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
Is it true that religion is weakening in modern times, or are we facing religious resurgence? What is fundamentalism? How does it emerge and grow? What role does religion play in ethnic and national conflicts? Is religion a fundamental driving force or do political leaders use religion for their own purposes? Do all religions oppress women? These are some of the questions addressed in this book. An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion provid…
Religion, Gender and Citizenship
This book is based on a comparative study of Christian and Muslim women in Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom. It is a result of research conducted within the research project “FEMCIT: Gendered
Religious Complexity in Nordic Public Spheres
This article studies empirically the complexity of religion in the public sphere by systematically comparing the five Nordic countries. Sociologists debate if current trends in the West point to secularization or a return of religion (deprivatization, desecularization, or post-secularity). By drawing on the social science complexity reference, this article offers a critique of current scholarship and introduces the concept of religious complexity…
Religious complexity
This article contributes to the debate on secularization and the return of religion by using the social science complexity frame of reference. A trend in many Western countries is the decline in individual religiosity, increase in ‘nones’, growth of non-Christian religions, changes in religion itself, and the visibility of religion in the public sphere. Many sociologists of religion have analyzed the situation by discrediting the theory of secula…
An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
"An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion provides an overview of sociological theories of contemporary religious life. Some chapters are organized according to topic. Others offer brief presentations of classical and contemporary sociologists from Karl Marx to Zygmunt Bauman and their perspectives on social life, including religion. Throughout the book, illustrations and examples are taken from several religious traditions."--BOOK JACKET
What can women in classical sociology teach us about contemporary sociology of religion
This article presents the main work of two women in classical sociology, Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) and Ida B. Wells (1862-1931). While some sociologists have pointed to the significance of their work and that of other early women classical sociologists, most sociologists, and in particular, most sociologists of religion, have ignored their work. This article asks which themes in sociology and the sociology of religion these women addressed th…
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