This third edition introduces students to key principles in the sociology of religion-from history and theory to contemporary debates. This edition features new material on the relationships of religion to race and ethnicity, and to gender and sexuality, the perceived rise of both fundamentalism and secularism, global religion, and more.
This third edition introduces students to key principles in the sociology of religion-from history and theory to contemporary debates. This edition features new material on the relationships of religion to race and ethnicity, and to gender and sexuality, the perceived rise of both fundamentalism and secularism, global religion, and more.
Kevin J. Christiano is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and a past president of the Association for the Sociology of Religion and the American Council for Québec Studies. William H. Swatos, Jr., served as the executive officer of the Association for the Sociology of Religion and of the Religious Research Association for many years. He is senior priest and Canon Theologian of the Anglican diocese of Quincy, Illinois. Peter Kivisto is the Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, and a research fellow at the Università di Trento in Italy. An author or editor of more than twenty-five books, he is a member of the Council of the American Sociological Association.
Inhaltsangabe
Part One: The Basics 1.By Way of Introduction 2.Studying Religion 3.The "Religion" of Secularization and the History of Religions 4.Religion in the United States: Denominationalism and Beyond Part Two: Religion and Social Differentiation 5.Social Class, Religion, and Power: A Classic Field of Inquiry 6.Religion and Ethnicity: A Complex Relationship 7.Gender, Sexuality, and Religion: Spirituality in Different Voices? Part Three: Religion, Culture, and Change 8.Religious Change: The Case of Catholicism in the United States 9.The Globalization Dynamic: Historic Animosities or Postmodern Politics? 10.Mediating Meaning: Religion in-and as-Contemporary Culture 11.Boundary Issues: Church, State, and New Religions References
Part One: The Basics 1.By Way of Introduction 2.Studying Religion 3.The "Religion" of Secularization and the History of Religions 4.Religion in the United States: Denominationalism and Beyond Part Two: Religion and Social Differentiation 5.Social Class, Religion, and Power: A Classic Field of Inquiry 6.Religion and Ethnicity: A Complex Relationship 7.Gender, Sexuality, and Religion: Spirituality in Different Voices? Part Three: Religion, Culture, and Change 8.Religious Change: The Case of Catholicism in the United States 9.The Globalization Dynamic: Historic Animosities or Postmodern Politics? 10.Mediating Meaning: Religion in-and as-Contemporary Culture 11.Boundary Issues: Church, State, and New Religions References
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