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Andrew M. McKinnon, a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, is a social theorist and sociologist of religion.

Publications:

11. (forthcoming) "Sociological Epistemologies: Durkheim's Paradox and Dorothy E. Smith's Actuality" in Sociology (with Randle J. Hart)

10. (forthcoming) "Energy and Society: Herbert Spencer’s ‘Energetic Sociology’ of Social Evolution and Beyond" Journal of Classical Sociology vol. 11 no. 4, 2011     

9. (2010) "Elective Affinities of the Protestant Ethic: Max Weber's Chemistry of Capitalism" in Sociological Theory vol. 28 no. 1    

8. (2010) "Classical Foundations of the Sociology of Religion" in Bryan S. Turner (ed.) The New Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion Oxford: Blackwell    

7. (2007)  "For an 'Energetic' Sociology, or, Why Coal, Oil and Electricity Matter for Sociological Theory" (Review Essay) in Critical Sociology vol. 33 no. 1

6. (2006) “Ritual Re-definition as Passport Control: A Rejoinder to Timothy Fitzgerald after Bourdieu” Method and Theory in the Study of Religion vol. 18 no. 2

5. (2006) “ ‘Opium’ as Dialectical Metaphor: Religion, Expression, and Protest” in Warren S. Goldstein (ed.) Marxism, Critical Theory and Religion Leiden: Brill Academic, 2006
[substantial revision of #4]

         2009. Chicago: Haymarket Books (paperback) 

4. (2005) “Reading ‘Opium of the People’: Expression, Protest and the Dialectics of Religion” in Critical Sociology, vol. 31 no. 1-2

3. (2004) “Ellul, Jacques” in The Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought Christopher John Murray (ed.) London: Routledge

2. (2003) “The Religious, the Paranormal and Church Attendance: A Response to Orenstein” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion vol 42 no. 2

1. (2002) “Sociological Definitions, Language Games and the ‘Essence’ of Religion”, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion vol. 14 pp 61-83