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In combination, differences in the theorization of society, interpretations of its raison d’être and the methods employed in its practice make for a highly variegated sociological terrain. At the same time, the continual, rapid, large-scale and increasingly plural nature of social transformation demands of sociology an unstinting willingness to innovate in both its conceptual and practical engagement with modern society. As will be seen throughout what follows, because it addresses the same kinds of challenges, the sociology of religion exhibits the same theoretical fissures, ethical tensions and meth­odological debates as the overarching disciplinary paradigm in which it sits. No less varied or innovative than its disciplinary siblings, as we shall now see the sociology of religion is just as informative, stimulating and, at times, contentious.