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Rediscovering the Theological in Sociology

Foundation and Possibilities

Department of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, England

Is sociology inherently a mode of secular materialism? Or, are there intellectual resources deep within the sociological tradition, expansively conceived, that offer the sociological imagination a spiritual `post-secular' perspective on society and culture? This article draws out the subterranean theological stream of sociological consciousness and illuminates a `sacramentalist' socio-theology with particular reference to the `iconic vision' of Paul Evdokimov. In the context of late modernity, such a radical emphasis on the sacred foundations and transcendent potentialities of life provides the possibility of a fundamental critique of commodified profane culture and of sociology itself.

Key Words: culture • Paul Evdokimov • sacramental • sociology • theology

Theory, Culture & Society, Vol. 20, No. 1, 19-42 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0263276403020001919


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