Twenty-eight scholars, many of them well known in the sociology of religion, examine a variety of faith traditions and sociological topics that illustrate the connection between religion and society in many different countries at the dawn of the 21st century. The faith traditions include Judaism, Roman Catholicism, evangelical and mainstream Protestantism, Islam, Hinduism, Yuruba religion, Chinese religion, and several new religious movements, including a UFO cult in Quebec. The book will be of interest to scholars in the sociology of religion, but a special feature is its utility as a reader in undergraduate and graduate courses. The topics represent the range usually presented in a course in the sociology of religion: individual religiosity, religious identity, conversion, plausibility structure, community, church and sect, religious leadership, organizational analysis, new religious movements, race, gender, religion and politics, and the relationship of religion to social order and social change.
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Only a few decades ago, one's religious affiliation was considered as unchanging as one's gender, race, or ethnic group. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
integrating congregations, transition house movement, lay church members, lay liberals, racially mixed congregations, permanent diaconate, ethnoreligious identity, priest shortage, evangelical women, household priest, religious market, female clergy, intellectual conversion, religious economy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Christian Right, Los Angeles, Catholic Church, Soviet Union, African Americans, South Asian, Sanctified Church, Atlantic Canada, Latin America, New Brunswick, Changing World, South Africa, British Columbia, New Zealand, Oxford University Press, Christian Coalition, Jehovah's Witnesses, Anglican Church, Sociology of Religion, Holy Spirit, Hong Kong, Jesus Christ, Rutgers University Press New!
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Only a few decades ago, one's religious affiliation was considered as unchanging as one's gender, race, or ethnic group. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
integrating congregations, transition house movement, lay church members, lay liberals, racially mixed congregations, permanent diaconate, ethnoreligious identity, priest shortage, evangelical women, household priest, religious market, female clergy, intellectual conversion, religious economy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Christian Right, Los Angeles, Catholic Church, Soviet Union, African Americans, South Asian, Sanctified Church, Atlantic Canada, Latin America, New Brunswick, Changing World, South Africa, British Columbia, New Zealand, Oxford University Press, Christian Coalition, Jehovah's Witnesses, Anglican Church, Sociology of Religion, Holy Spirit, Hong Kong, Jesus Christ, Rutgers University Press New!
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- A Theory of Religion by Rodney Stark on page 137, page 157, and Back Matter
- Religion, Mobilization, and Social Action by Bronislaw Misztal in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 18
- Rational Choice Theory and Religion: Summary and Assessment by Lawrence A. Young on page 136, and page 137
- The Sociology of Religion by Max Weber on page 192, and Back Matter
- Women Clergy: Breaking through Gender Barriers by Edward C., Jr. Lehman on page 107, and Back Matter
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- The Blackwell Companion to Judaism (Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion) by Jacob Neusner on page 509
- Holy Saints and Fiery Preachers: The Anthropology of Protestantism in Mexico and Central America (Religion in the Age of Transformation) by James W. Dow in Front Matter
- Family, Religion, and Social Change in Diverse Societies by Sharon K. Houseknecht on page 36
- Leaving the Adventist Ministry by Peter H. Ballis in Front Matter
- Proclaiming Political Pluralism: Churches and Political Transitions in Africa (Religion in the Age of Transformation) by Isaac Phiri in Front Matter
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