A handbook of the sociology of religion /
Michele Dillon.
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- xiii, 481 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 423- 470) and index.
pt. 1: Religion as a field of sociological knowledge. The sociology of religion in late modernity / Michele Dillon -- Studying religion, making it sociological / Robert Wuthnow -- The ritual roots of society and culture / Robert N. Bellah -- Social forms of religion and religions in contemporary global society / Peter Beyer -- The evolution of the sociology of religion : theme and variations / Grace Davie -- pt. 2: Religion and social change. Demographic methods for the sociology of religion / Michael Hout -- Church attendance in the United States / Mark Chaves and Laura Stephens -- The dynamics of religious economies / Roger Finke and Rodney Stark -- Historicizing the secularization debate : an agenda for research / Philip S. Gorski -- Escaping the procrustean bed : a critical analysis of the study of religious organizations, 1930-2001 / Patricia M.Y. Chang -- Religion and spirituality : toward an integrated analysis / Wade Clark Roof -- pt. 3: Religion and the life course. Religious socialization : sources of influence and influences of agency / Darren Sherkat -- In rhetoric and practice: defining the "good family" in local congregations / Penny Edgell -- Religiousness and spirituality : trajectories and vital involvement in late adulthood / Michele Dillon and Paul Wink -- Religion and health : depressive symptoms and mortality as case studies / Michael McCullough and Timothy Smith -- pt. 4: Religion and social identity. Religious identities and religious institutions / Nancy T. Ammerman -- Religion and the new immigrants / Helen Rose Ebaugh -- 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 -- Beyond the synogogue walls / Lynn Davidman -- Dis/location : emerging feminist inquiry in the sociology of religion / Mary Jo Neitz -- pt. 5: Religion, political behavior, and public culture. Religion and political behavior / Jeff Manza and Nathan Wright -- Religious social movements in the public sphere : organization, ideology, and activism / Rhys H. Williams -- Mapping the moral order : depicting the terrain of religious conflict and change / Fred Kniss -- Civil society and civil religion as mutually dependent / N.J. Demerath III -- Religion and violence : social processes in comparative perspective / John R. Hall -- pt. 6: Religion and socioeconomic inequality. Religion, faith-based community organizing, and the struggle for justice / Richard Wood -- Latina empowerment, border realities, and faith-based organizations / Milagros Pe�na -- "Worldly" or "other worldly"? : activism in an urban religious district / Omar McRoberts.