<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>sociology Archives - Stephen Barkley</title> <atom:link href="https://stephenbarkley.com/tag/sociology/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/tag/sociology/</link> <description>Teacher | Writer | Practical Theologian</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:59:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5343192</site> <item> <title>Propaganda | Jacques Ellul</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/08/09/propaganda-jacques-ellul/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/08/09/propaganda-jacques-ellul/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:30:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jacques Ellul]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vintage Books]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stephenbarkley.com/?p=11190</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Could there be a more prophetic book for the social media age than 1965’s Propaganda? I doubt it! The book begins with a warning from the translator. This book is “maddening, monumental, and thorough” (viii). True—this is no light read. Rather, it’s a wide-ranging and detailed consideration of the phenomenon of propaganda. Ellul rejects earlier [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/08/09/propaganda-jacques-ellul/">Propaganda | Jacques Ellul</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/08/09/propaganda-jacques-ellul/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">11190</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Collapse | Jared Diamond</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/04/12/collapse-jared-diamond/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/04/12/collapse-jared-diamond/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:30:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[anthropology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[environmentalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jared Diamond]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Penguin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stephenbarkley.com/?p=11049</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Our world is on an unsustainable trajectory. What will happen as environmental collapse becomes an increasingly unignorable reality? While Jared Diamond can’t predict the future, he does draw helpful lessons from past societies and modern societies that have succumbed to or are enduring this fate. According to Diamond, there are five sets of factors which [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/04/12/collapse-jared-diamond/">Collapse | Jared Diamond</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/04/12/collapse-jared-diamond/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">11049</post-id> </item> <item> <title>A Culture of Faith | Sam Reimer and Michael Wilkinson</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2019/03/25/a-culture-of-faith-sam-reimer-and-michael-wilkinson/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2019/03/25/a-culture-of-faith-sam-reimer-and-michael-wilkinson/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:30:39 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evangelicalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[McGill-Queen's University Press]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Wilkinson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sam Reimer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stephenbarkley.com/?p=10031</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>We are inundated daily with information from our own personalized social media bubble. Opinion pieces are shared ad nauseam to people who are predisposed to agree with the conclusions. It’s refreshing to step outside of the bubble and read good academic sociology—descriptive conclusions drawn from authenticated data. This is precisely what you’ll get with A [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2019/03/25/a-culture-of-faith-sam-reimer-and-michael-wilkinson/">A Culture of Faith | Sam Reimer and Michael Wilkinson</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2019/03/25/a-culture-of-faith-sam-reimer-and-michael-wilkinson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">10031</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Catch the Fire | Michael Wilkinson and Peter Althouse</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/05/01/catch-fire-michael-wilkinson-peter-althouse/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/05/01/catch-fire-michael-wilkinson-peter-althouse/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2017 11:30:55 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[altruism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[charismatic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CTF Toronto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Wilkinson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NIU Press]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peter Althouse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[soaking prayer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=8548</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Soaking prayer is a relatively new phenomenon. Participants are brought together in a worship setting. They then lie down, often with pillow and blanket, as worship music is played. During this time they rest—soak—in the Father's love. Leaders of the meeting don't pray verbally, although they may lay hands on the soakers for a time. [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/05/01/catch-fire-michael-wilkinson-peter-althouse/">Catch the Fire | Michael Wilkinson and Peter Althouse</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/05/01/catch-fire-michael-wilkinson-peter-althouse/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8548</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Practical Theology | Mark J. Cartledge</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/03/27/practical-theology-mark-j-cartledge/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/03/27/practical-theology-mark-j-cartledge/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 11:30:12 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[charismatic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[faith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[glossolalia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[healing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mark J. Cartledge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pentecostal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[postmodernism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Practical Theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wipf and Stock]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=8484</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Empirical and Theology are unlikely partners. Empirical refers to that which is verifiable through observation. Theology (at least in the more conservative traditions) is rooted in revelation and textual studies. In Practical Theology, Mark Cartledge demonstrates how these two ideas play well together in a Charismatic milieu. Practical Theology is written in two parts. In the [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/03/27/practical-theology-mark-j-cartledge/">Practical Theology | Mark J. Cartledge</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/03/27/practical-theology-mark-j-cartledge/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8484</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Transforming Practice | Elaine L. Graham</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/02/27/transforming-practice-elaine-l-graham/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/02/27/transforming-practice-elaine-l-graham/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:30:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elaine L. Graham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pastoral theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[postmodernism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Practical Theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[practice theory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wipf and Stock]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=8448</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Postmodernity has challenged modernism in every area. Positivist views of reality are being replaced by constructivist views. Modernity's emancipatory mission to bring humanity out of superstition is now criticized as a new totalitarianism. Industrial capitalism is giving way to design flexibility. Universalism and metanarratives are being rejected in favor of fragmentary worldviews. How can pastoral theology exist in such [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/02/27/transforming-practice-elaine-l-graham/">Transforming Practice | Elaine L. Graham</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2017/02/27/transforming-practice-elaine-l-graham/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8448</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Meaning of Sunday | Joel Thiessen</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/09/19/meaning-sunday-joel-thiessen/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/09/19/meaning-sunday-joel-thiessen/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:30:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joel Thiessen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[McGill-Queen's University Press]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=8200</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Canadian churches are closing. Religious identification is dropping. A full 24% of Canadians identified themselves as having zero religious ties in 2011 (94). Zero—not even Christmas and Easter piety! In The Meaning of Sunday, Thiessen surveys the quantitative data while adding his own qualitative analysis. Through interviews with ninety Canadians from across the socioeconomic spectrum, Thiessen [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/09/19/meaning-sunday-joel-thiessen/">The Meaning of Sunday | Joel Thiessen</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/09/19/meaning-sunday-joel-thiessen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8200</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Rise of Christianity | Rodney Stark</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/02/the-rise-of-christianity-rodney-stark-2/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/02/the-rise-of-christianity-rodney-stark-2/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2015 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HarperOne]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rodney Stark]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=7456</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>This book destroyed one of my cherished apologetic views. I have always understood the rise of the early church as pure miracle. After all, how could a group of persecuted people following a crucified "criminal" become the dominant religion of the Roman Empire in a mere three centuries? The only comparable phenomenon I knew of was the rise of [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/02/the-rise-of-christianity-rodney-stark-2/">The Rise of Christianity | Rodney Stark</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/02/the-rise-of-christianity-rodney-stark-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">7456</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs | Chuck Klosterman</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/07/13/sex-drugs-and-cocoa-puffs-chuck-klosterman/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/07/13/sex-drugs-and-cocoa-puffs-chuck-klosterman/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:00:53 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chuck Klosterman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scribner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=7256</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>I'll be the first to admit it. This is one of the more unlikely titles you'll see reviewed by this pastor. Klosterman is Coupland without a conscience—Žižek without political science. He wears the black hat proudly and although you might cringe at some of the things he confesses to, he comes off as strangely honest [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/07/13/sex-drugs-and-cocoa-puffs-chuck-klosterman/">Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs | Chuck Klosterman</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/07/13/sex-drugs-and-cocoa-puffs-chuck-klosterman/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">7256</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Plutocrats | Chrystia Freeland</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2014/09/01/plutocrats-chrystia-freeland/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2014/09/01/plutocrats-chrystia-freeland/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:00:55 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chrystia Freeland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Doubleday Canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rich]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wealth]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=6783</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>In 2011 the Occupy Wall Street movement brought the issue of wealth distribution into our public conversations. The protesters and activists labeled themselves the 99 percent—those with far less wealth than the 1 percent who worked on Wall Street. Chrystia Freeland goes further in Plutocrats. The real division isn't between the 99 and the 1 percent, it's between the 99.99 [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2014/09/01/plutocrats-chrystia-freeland/">Plutocrats | Chrystia Freeland</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2014/09/01/plutocrats-chrystia-freeland/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">6783</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>