Integrates structural and historical perspectives on the semiotics of religion and gives an account of the distinctive features of religious language and symbol

Following the heyday of Lévi-Straussian structuralism in the 1970s-80s, little attention has been paid by scholars of religion to semiotics. Semiotics of Relig

To what extent can semiotics illuminate key problems in religious studies, given the centrality of symbols, language, and other modes of signification in religi

While the academic study of religion has increased almost exponentially in the past fifty years, general theories of religion have been in significant decline.

As the title suggests, Political Religion, Everyday Religion: Sociological Trends reflects upon two important trends that have recently emerged in the sociology