Title Handbook of the sociology of religion / edited by Michele Dillon. Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS
TRUMAN General Collection	BL60 .H36 2003	AVAILABLE

	List of contributors					ix
	Acknowledgment					xiii
Part one	Religion as a field of sociological knowledge
	1	Sociology of religion in late modernity / Michele Dillon				3
	2	Studying religion, making it sociological / Robert Wuthnow				16
	3	Ritual roots of society and culture / Robert N. Bellah				31
	4	Social forms of religion and religions in contemporary global society / Peter Beyer				45
	5	Evolution of the sociology of religion : theme and variations / Grace Davie				61
Part two	Religion and social change
	6	Demographic methods for the sociology of religion / Michael Hout				79
	7	Church attendance in the United States / Mark Chaves, Laura Stephens				85
	8	Dynamics of religious economies / Roger Finke, Rodney Stark				96
	9	Historicizing the secularization debate : an agenda for research / Philip S. Gorski				110
	10	Escaping the Procrustean bed : a critical analysis of the study of religious organizations, 1930-2001 / Patricia M. Y. Chang				123
	11	Religion and spirituality : toward an integrated analysis / Wade Clark Roof				137
Part three	Religion and the life course
	12	Religious socialization : sources of influence and influences of agency / Darren Sherkat				151
	13	In rhetoric and practice : defining the "good family" in local congregations / Penny Edgell				164
	14	Religiousness and spirituality : trajectories and vital involvement in late adulthood / Michele Dillon, Paul Wink				179
	15	Religion and health : depressive symptoms and mortality as case studies / Michael McCullough, Timothy Smith				190
Part four	Religion and social identity
	16	Religious identities and religious institutions / Nancy T. Ammerman				207
	17	Religion and the new immigrants / Helen Rose Ebaugh				225
	18	Journey of the "straight way" or the "roundabout path" : Jewish identity in the United States and Israel / Arnold Dashefsky, Bernard Lazerwitz, Ephraim Tabory				240
	19	Beyond the synagogue walls / Lynn Davidman				261
	20	Dis/location : engaging feminist inquiry in the sociology of religion / Mary Jo Neitz				276
Part five	Religion, political behavior, and public culture
	21	Religion and political behavior / Jeff Manza, Nathan Wright				297
	22	Religious social movements in the public sphere : organization, ideology, and activism / Rhys H. Williams				315
	23	Mapping the moral order : depicting the terrain of religious conflict and change / Fred Kniss				331
	24	Civil society and civil religion as mutually dependent / N. J. Demerath III				348
	25	Religion and violence : social processes in comparative perspective / John R. Hall				359
Part six	Religion and socioeconomic inequality
	26	Religion, faith-based community organizing, and the struggle for justice / Richard Wood				385
	27	Latina empowerment, border realities, and faith-based organizations / Milagros Peña				400
	28	"Worldly" or "other worldly"? : activism in an urban religious district / Omar McRoberts				412
	References					423
	Index					471

Description xiii, 481 p. ; 25 cm. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-470) and index. Summary " Interacting with politics, gender relations, and socio-economic inequality, religion plays a vital role in public culture and social change. This handbook showcases current research and thinking in the sociology of religion. The contributors provide original chapters focusing on select aspects of their personal engagement with the field. Aimed at students and scholars who want to know more about the sociology of religion, the handbook provides a resource for sociologists in general by integrating broader questions of sociology (e.g., demography, ethnicity, life course, inequality, political sociology) into the analysis of religion."--Publisher description. Subjects Religion and sociology. Other Author Dillon, Michele, 1960- ISBN 0521000785 (pbk.) 0521806240 OCLC # 51047130 LCCN 2002041240