David Martin and the Sociology of Religion

226 Pages·2018·0.928 MB·English

by  Hans Joas (editor)

David Martin and the Sociology
of Religion
‘This rich collection provides a long-overdue assessment of the seminal work
of David Martin within and beyond the sociology of religion. It covers the
key topics of secularization, differentiation, boundaries between sociology
and theology, and much more besides. A wide spectrum of experts is needed
to provide a critical understanding of David Martin’s pioneering and far-
reaching work. The result is impressive.’
Robin Gill , Editor of T heology and Emeritus Professor
of Applied Theology at the University of Kent, UK
David Martin is a pioneer of a political sociology of religion that integrates
a combined analysis of nationalism and political religions with the history of
religion. He was one of the first critics of the so-called secularization thesis,
and his historical orientation makes him one of the few outstanding scholars
who have continued the work begun by Max Weber and Émile Durkheim .
This collection provides the first scholarly overview of his hugely influential
work and includes a chapter written by David Martin himself.
Starting with an introduction that contextualises David Martin’s theories on
the sociology of religion, both currently and historically, this volume aims to cover
David Martin’s lifework in its entirety. An international panel of contributors
sheds new light on his studies of particular geographical areas (Britain, Latin
America, Scandinavia) and on certain systematic fields (secularization, violence,
music, Pentecostalism, the relation between sociology and theology). David
Martin’s concluding chapter addresses the critical points raised in response to
his theories.
This book addresses one of the key figures in the development of the sociology
of religion, and as such it will be of great interest to all scholars of the sociology
of religion.
Hans Joas is Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, and Professor of Sociology and
Social Thought at the University of Chicago, US. His previous publications
include F aith as an Option (2014) and T he Sacredness of the Person (2013).

David Martin and the Sociology
of Religion
Edited by Hans Joas
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Names: Joas, Hans, 1948– editor.
Title: David Martin and the sociology of religion / edited by
Hans Joas.
Description: New York : Routledge, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018010298 | ISBN 9780815393306 (hardback :
alk. paper) | ISBN 9781351188951 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Religion and sociology. | Martin, David, 1929–
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Contents
Notes on contributors vii
Acknowledgements ix
HANS JOAS
1 Introduction: more Weberian than Weber? David
Martin’s political sociology of religion 1
HANS JOAS
2 David Martin’s theory of secularisation 16
ANTHONY CARROLL
3 Revising secularization theory’s paradigmatic
core – David Martin on general processes, basic
patterns and causal mechanisms of differentiation
between religion and politics 32
MATTHIAS KOENIG
4 The one and the many stories: how to reconcile
sense-making and fact-checking in the secularization
narrative 50
PAOLO COSTA
5 Understanding religion in modern Britain: taking the
long view 67
GRACE DAVIE
6 Parallel reformations in Latin America: a critical
review of David Martin’s interpretation of the
Pentecostal revolution 85
JOSÉ CASANOVA
vi Contents
7 David Martin on Scandinavia and music 107
PÅL REPSTAD
8 Taking religion back out: on the secular dynamics
of armed conflicts and the potentials of religious
peace-making 123
ANDREAS HASENCLEVER
9 Converting: a general theory of David Martin 147
MICHAL LUCZEWSKI
10 Thinking with your life 162
DAVID MARTIN
Complete bibliography 191
DAVID MARTIN
Name Index 209
Subject Index 213
Contributors
Anthony Carroll is Dean of Pastoral Studies at the College of the Resurrection,
Mirfield, UK, and senior lecturer in philosophy and theology at Heythrop
College, University of London. His previous publications include R eli-
gion and Atheism. Beyond the Divide (2017) and Protestant Modernity.
Weber, Secularisation, and Protestantism (2007).
José Casanova is Professor of Sociology, Theology, and Senior Fellow at
the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown
University. Among his recent publications are Thomas Banchoff and José
Casanova (eds.) T he Jesuits and Globalization (2016) and Jocelyne Cesari
and José Casanova (eds.) I slam, Gender and Democracy in Comparative
Perspective (2017).
Paolo Costa is a full-time researcher at the Centre for Religious Studies of
the Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy. His forthcoming book La
città postsecolare. Il nuovo dibattito sulla secolarizzazione is an attempt
at reconstructing the recent secularization debate.
Grace Davie is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at the University of Exeter,
UK. Her publications include R eligion in Britain since 1945: Believing
without Belonging (1994), Religion in Modern Europe (2000), and Reli-
gion in Britain: A Persistent Paradox (2015).
Andreas Hasenclever is Professor of Peace Studies and International Relations
at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany. He most recently
edited a special issue of C ivil Wars on “Framing Political Violence – A Micro-
Approach to Civil War Studies” (2015) and various papers on international
trust dynamics.
Hans Joas is Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, and Professor of Sociology and
Social Thought at the University of Chicago, US. His previous publica-
tions include F aith as an Option (2014) and T he Sacredness of the Person
(2013).
Matthias Koenig is Professor for the Sociology of Religion at the Univer-
sity of Göttingen, Germany, and Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck
viii Contributors
Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity. His recent pub-
lications include Religion and National Identities in an Enlarged Europe
(co-edited with Willfried Spohn and Wolfgang Knöbl, 2014) and “Gover-
nance of religious diversity at the European Court of Human Rights” (in
International Approaches to Governing Ethnic Diversity, edited by Jane
Bolden and Will Kymlicka, 2016).
Michal Luczewski is Programme Director of the Centre for the Thought of
John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland, and associate professor of sociology at the
University of Warsaw. His previous publications include Erinnerungskultur
des 20. Jahrhunderts. Analysen deutscher und polnischer Erinnerungsorte
(2011, in German), S olidarity. Step by Step (2015), Pánbícˇkárˇi. Odkud se
vzal polský katolicismus? (2017, in Czech), and K apitał moralny. Politiki
historyczne w póz´nej nowoczesnos´ci (2017, in Polish).
David Martin is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of
Economics and Fellow of the British Academy. His recent publications
include Faith and Power (2013) and Secularisation, Pentecostalism and
Violence (2017).
Pål Repstad is Professor Emeritus in Sociology of Religion at the University
of Agder, Norway. His publications include the book A n Introduction to
the Sociology of Religion (2006, with Inger Furseth), and several articles
in journals such as R eligion , Journal of Contemporary Religion , Nordic
Journal of Religion and Society , and others.
Acknowledgements
This volume is based on some of the contributions originally presented at
the conference D avid Martin and the Sociology of Religion . This confer-
ence took place at Erfurt, Germany, July 1–2, 2016. Funding for this con-
ference was provided by the research money connected to the Max Planck
Research Award that the editor of this volume had the honor to receive. The
organization of the conference was in the hands of the Max Weber Centre for
Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt. Thanks are
due particularly to Bettina Hollstein and Ilona Bode from the staff of the Max
Weber Centre and to Mechthild Bock from Humboldt University, Berlin, for
her organizational help and her assistance in the preparation of this volume.
Due to medical reasons, David Martin was not able to attend the conference,
but the editor would like to express his gratitude for his lively interest in this
volume and his willingness to contribute a thorough and extensive response.
I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to Christian Scherer who
prepared the index and helped correct the proofs; once again his assistance
in preparing a volume for publication has been invaluable.
Hans Joas
Berlin, January 2018