Title Brought to light : contemporary freemasonry, meaning, and society / J. Scott Kenney

Published Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2016] Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2016 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages) Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents Contemporary freemasonry: a neglected field -- Paths to masonry -- Taking the degrees -- Social atmosphere and member involvement -- Organizational factors and member involvement -- Further factors in member involvement and an overall explanatory framework -- Claimed life changes since becoming a freemason -- Contemporary freemasonry: the direction forward? Summary "Secret societies are becoming increasingly controversial--thrust into public awareness by popular books, films, the Internet, and a host of recent documentaries. In academia, this exposure finds a parallel in the proliferation of research, institutes, and conferences. Yet the media depictions tend to be caricatures, a playing to pervasive stereotypes for public consumption, while the academic stress historical and philological matters. Indeed, to the extent a sociological focus exists, it largely emphasizes the roles these groups played in social history. And for the societies' members themselves, there has been a paucity of work on the contemporary meaning of these groups--a neglect made mystifying by the vast social changes that have taken place over the past century. In this study, and for the first time by any scholar, Kenney moves beyond history and applies the methods and theoretical tools of contemporary sociology to study the lived world of freemasons in today's society, "--Amazon.com Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index Subject Kenney, J. Scott (James Scott), 1963- SUBJECT Kenney, J. Scott (James Scott), 1963- fast Subject Freemasons -- Canada -- Biography SUBJECT Freemasons fast Subject Freemasonry -- Canada Freemasons -- Canada -- Social conditions Freemasons -- Atlantic Provinces -- Interviews SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. CANADA. Freemasonry Canada Canada -- Atlantic Provinces Genre/Form Biographies Interviews Form Electronic book ISBN 9781771121958 1771121955 1771121947 9781771121941

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