A systems theory of religion / Niklas Luhmann ; Edited by André Kieserling ; Translated by David A. Brenner with Adrian Hermann.

By:

Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Kieserling, André [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Cultural memory in the presentPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (303 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

080478793X
9780804787932

Uniform titles:

Religion der Gesellschaft. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Systems theory of religion.DDC classification:

306.6 23

LOC classification:

BL60 .L83513 2013

Other classification:

300 | 200

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Contents:

Cover; Series Page; Contents; Editor's Note; 1. Religion as a Form of Meaning; 2. Coding; 3. The Function of Religion; 4. The Contingency Formula "God"; 5. The Differentiation of Religious Communication; 6. Religious Organizations; 7. The Evolution of Religion; 8. Secularization; 9. Self-Description; Notes; Index.

Summary: A Systems Theory of Religion, still unfinished at Niklas Luhmann's death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the editorial work of André Kieserling. One of Luhmann's most important projects, it exemplifies his later work while redefining the subject matter of the sociology of religion. Religion, for Luhmann, is one of the many functionally differentiated social systems that make up modern society. All such subsystems consist entirely of communications and all are ""autopoietic, "" which is to say, self-organizing and self-generating. Here, Luhmann expla.

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"Originally published in German under the title Die Religion der Gesellschaft."

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A Systems Theory of Religion, still unfinished at Niklas Luhmann's death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the editorial work of André Kieserling. One of Luhmann's most important projects, it exemplifies his later work while redefining the subject matter of the sociology of religion. Religion, for Luhmann, is one of the many functionally differentiated social systems that make up modern society. All such subsystems consist entirely of communications and all are ""autopoietic, "" which is to say, self-organizing and self-generating. Here, Luhmann expla.

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