Handbook of the Sociology of Religion (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Dillon, Michele

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Produktbeschreibung

This Handbook showcases research and thinking in the sociology of religion. The contributors, all active writers and researchers in the area, provide original chapters focusing on select aspects of their own engagement with the field. Aimed at students and scholars who want to know more about the sociology of religion, this handbook also provides a resource for sociologists in general by integrating broader questions of sociology (e.g. demography, ethnicity, life course, inequality, political sociology) into the analysis of religion. Broadly inclusive of traditional research topics (modernity, secularization, politics) as well as newer interests (feminism, spirituality, faith based community action), this handbook illustrates the validity of diverse theoretical perspectives and research designs to understanding the multi-layered nature of religion as a sociological phenomenon.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511057427
• Artikelnr.: 38188395

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Religion as a Field of Sociological Knowledge: 1. The sociology of
religion in late modernity Michele Dillon; 2. Studying religion, making it
sociological Robert Wuthnow; 3. The ritual roots of society and culture
Robert Bellah; 4. Social forms of religion and religions in contemporary
global society Peter Beyer; 5. The evolution of the sociology of religion:
theme and variations Grace Davies; Part II. Religion and Social Change: 6.
Demographic methods for the sociology of religion Michael Hout; 7. Church
attendance in the United States Mark Chaves and Laura Stephens; 8. The
dynamics of religious economies Roger Fink and Rodney Stark; 9.
Historicizing the secularization debate: an agenda for research Philip
Gorski; 10. Escaping the procrustean bed: a critical analysis of the study
of religious organizations, 1930¿2001 Patricia M. Y. Chung; 11. Religion
and spirituality: toward an integrated analysis Wade Clark Roof; Part III.
Religion and the Life Course: 12. Religious socialization: sources of
influence and influences of agency Darren Sherkat; 13. In rhetoric and
practice: defining the 'good family' in local congregations Penny Edgell
Becker; 14. Religion and health: depressive symptoms and mortality as case
studies Michael McCullough and Timothy Smith; 15. Religion, spirituality,
and vital involvement in late adulthood Michele Dillon and Paul Wink; Part
IV. Religion and Social Identity: 16. Religious identities and religious
institutions Nancy Ammerman; 17. Religion and the new immigrants Helen Rose
Ebaugh; 18. A journey of the 'straight way' or the 'roundabout path':
Jewish identity in the United States and Israel Arnold Dashefsky, Bernard
Lazerwitz and Ephraim Tabory; 19. Beyond the synogogue Lynn Davidman; 20.
Dis/location: emerging feminist inquiry in the sociology of religion Mary
Jo Neitz; Part V. Religion, Political Behavior, and Public Culture: 21.
Religion and political behavior Jeff Manza and Nathan Wright; 22. Religious
social movements in the public sphere: organization, ideology, and activism
Rhys Williams; 23. Mapping the moral order: depicting the terrain of
religious conflict and change Fred Kniss; 24. Civil society and civil
religion as mutually dependent N. J. Demerath, III; 25. Religion and
violence: social processes in comparative perspective John Hall; Part VI.
Religion and Socio-Economic Inequality: 26. Religion, faith-based community
organizing, and the struggle for justice Richard Wood; 27. Latina
empowerment, border realities, and faith-based organizations Milagros Pena;
28. 'Worldly' or 'other worldly'?: activism in an urban religious district
Omar McRoberts.