Historical Observation in the Sociology of Religion: A View from Within the Communicative Networks of Two Scientific Disciplines

The article focuses on the role played by history in the development of modern scientific principles. It discusses different discourses related to religion in classical sociology which include works of sociologists Jonathan Z. Smith and Robert Orsi and mentions that in the modern society, religion has become a part of historical cultural memory. It discusses the reducing importance being given to religion as compared to other social institutions and addresses the issue of modernization and secularization in the context of globalization.