Religion in sociological perspective. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Roberts, Keith A; Yamane, David
• Contents: PART I: Introduction to the Sociology of Religion; Chapter 1: What Do We Mean by the Term Religion?; Substantive Definitions; Functional Definitions; A Symbolic Definition; Invisible Religion; Lived Religion; Spiritual but Not Religious?; The Concept of Religion as Employed in This Text; A Final Word About Definitions; Summary and Looking Forward; Chapter 2: Historical Development of the Sociology of Religion; The Classical Era; The Secularization Paradigm; New Religious Developments; New Paradigms; Neosecularization Theory; Future Prospects; Summary and Looking Forward; Chapter 3: A Social Scientific Approach to Studying Religion; The Sociological Approach to Studying Religion; Survey Research and Statistical Analysis; Interviewing; Participant Observation; Content Analysis; Historical–Comparative Analysis; Experimentation; Triangulation; Summary and Looking Forward; PART II: Religion in the Lives of Individuals; Chapter 4: Becoming and Being Religious; Religious Socialization and the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion; Religion Over the Life Course; Religion and Identity; Religious “Nones”; Summary and Looking Forward; Chapter 5: Conversion, Switching, and Apostasy; Conversion, Brainwashing, and the New Religious Movements; Process Models of Conversion; Religious Choices and Commitments: A Rational Choice Model; Religious Switching; Apostasy; Summary and Looking Forward; PART III: Organizing Religion; Chapter 6: Churches, Sects, Denominations, and “Cults”; Charisma and the Charismatic Leader; The Routinization of Charisma; Classifying Religious Organizations; The Church–Sect Typology; Denominationalism and the Denominational Society; Beyond Denominations?; New Religious Movements, a.k.a. “Cults”; Summary and Looking Forward; Chapter 7: Congregationalism and Congregations; Denominations and De Facto Congregationalism; Congregational Demography; What Do Congregations Do?; Megachurches; Multi-Site and Networked Religious Organizations; “New Paradigm” and “Seeker” Churches; Summary and Looking Forward; PART IV: Religion, Social Difference, and Inequality; Chapter 8: Religion, Economics, and Social Class; Religious Ethics and Economic Action; The Prosperity Gospel and Modern Capitalism; Religion and Work; Religion and Social Class Stratification; Summary and Looking Forward; Chapter 9: Religion and Race; Religion and Racial/Ethnic Prejudice; The Racialization of Religious Groups; Religion in the African American Community; Racial Segregation in Congregations; Explaining Congregational Racial Segregation; Race/Ethnicity and Religious Affiliation; Summary and Looking Forward; Chapter 10: Religion and Gender; Religion as a Gendered Social Institution; Gendered Religious Organizational Structures; Gendered Patterns of Religiosity; Negotiating Gender in Religious Communities; Gender Beyond Women; Gender Beyond Male and Female; Summary and Looking Forward; Chapter 11: Religion and Sexuality; Religion, Heteronormativity, and Homonegativity; Religious Divisions Over Same-Sex Marriage; LGBTQIA+ Clergy Controversies; Congregational Responses to Sexual Diversity; LGBTQIA+ Religious Identities and Practices; Summary and Looking Forward; Part V: Social Change and Religion; Chapter 12: Religion Outside the (God) Box; Religion and the “Old” Media; Religion and the “New Media”; Religion and Sport; Other Manifestations of Religion Outside Traditional God Boxes; Summary and Looking Forward; Chapter 13: Religion, Social Stability, and Social Conflict; Religion Functions to Provide Meaning and Belonging; Religion and Legitimation of the Social Order; Religion and Social Conflict; Religion: Opiate or Stimulant?; Summary; Chapter 14: Religion and Globalization; Globalization of Religions; The Impact of Globalization on Religion; Transnational Religious Connections; Religious Glocalization; Religion in Global Affairs; Summary and Looking Forward;
• Edition: Seventh edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.6; Religion and sociology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506366043
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