TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dillon,Michele
ED  - Cambridge University Press.
TI  - A handbook of the sociology of religion
SN  - 0521806240
AV  - BL60 .D54 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Cambridge, U.K., New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Religion and sociology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 423- 470) and index; 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
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