A Durkheimian age: the Durkheimian tradition and the study of religion in the twenty-first century

Romulo Lelis

Chapter 9 in The Elgar Companion to Émile Durkheim, 2026, pp 141-158 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter outlines a major intellectual change in the twenty-first-century study of religion, highlighting the field's movement toward a new paradigm that takes on a Durkheimian shape in its language and issues. The commonalities found across various studies reveal the limitations of the twentieth-century Weberian paradigm, which ultimately led to its rejection and the subsequent shift toward the new paradigm. As the chapter illustrates, the emerging Durkheimian paradigm has significantly contributed to advancing scholarship's renewed understanding of religion. By providing a selective yet representative overview of ongoing developments, the chapter concludes by suggesting that we may have entered a Durkheimian age in the study of religion.

Keywords: Émile Durkheim; Marcel Mauss; Festival; The secular; Ritual; The sacred (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035322923
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