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Handbook for Religion and Social Institutions is written for sociologists who study a variety of sub-disciplines and are interested in recent studies and theoretical approaches that relate religious variables to their particular area of interest. The handbook focuses on several major themes:
- Social Institutions such as Politics, Economics, Education, Health and Social Welfare
- Family and the Life Cycle
- Inequality
- Social Control
- Culture
- Religion as a Social Institution and in a Global Perspective
This handbook will be of interest to social scientists including sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and other researchers whose study brings them in contact with the study of religion and its impact on social institutions.
List of contents
Preface. Religion and Social Institutions.- Politics and Social Movements: Religion, Social Movements and Politics.- Economy: Economics of Religion.- Education: Religion and Education. Health.- Social Welfare: Religion and Social Welfare.- Family and Life Cycle.- Family: Together Bound: Church, Sect and Family.- Adolescence: Religion and Adolescent Development.- Aging: Religion in Late Life.- Religion and Inequality.- Race/Ethnicity: Religion and Race in America.- Social Class: Religion and Social Stratification: A Fair Shares Approach.- Gender: The Interface Between Religion and Gender: Charting the Troubled Waters.- Religion and Social Control: Law and Social Control of Religion.- Crime/Deviancy: Religion, Crime and Deviance.- Adolescent Delinquency: Religion and Adolescent Delinquency. Religion and Culture.- Sports: Religion and Sport: Apparent Relationships in Search of Explanations.- Media: The Evolving Sociology of Media and Religion.- Technology: A Cultural Cartography of Science, Technology and Religion.- Religion as a Social Institution.- Church Membership Historically: Religious Involvement in America: Trends and Explanations.- Denominationalism/Congregationalism: Denominations, Congregations, and Special Purpose Groups.- Religious Leadership/Clergy: Clergy and Religious Leadership: Recent Trends.- Religion and Social Institutions in a Global/Transnational Perspective.- Immigration: Does God Fit Within the Normal Curve?: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in the Study of Immigrant Religion.- Globalization: Religion as Social Institution in Global Perspective.
Summary
Handbook for Religion and Social Institutions is written for sociologists who study a variety of sub-disciplines and are interested in recent studies and theoretical approaches that relate religious variables to their particular area of interest. The handbook focuses on several major themes:
- Social Institutions such as Politics, Economics, Education, Health and Social Welfare
- Family and the Life Cycle
- Inequality
- Social Control
- Culture
- Religion as a Social Institution and in a Global Perspective
This handbook will be of interest to social scientists including sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and other researchers whose study brings them in contact with the study of religion and its impact on social institutions.
