Handbook Of Religion And Social Institutions

by Ebaugh, Helen Rose Fuchs

• ISBN13: 9780387237886
• ISBN10: 0387237887
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

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.

Table of Contents

I. RELIGION AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Politics and Social Movements	1	(20)
Darren E. Sherkat
Economy	21	(20)
Larry Iannaccone
Education	41	(26)
David Sikkink
Jonathan Hill
Social Welfare	67	(30)
Ram A. Cnaan
Charlene C. McGrew
II. FAMILY AND LIFE CYCLE
Family	97	(24)
W. Bradford Wilcox
Adolescence	121	(18)
Peter L. Benson
Pamela Ebstyne King
Aging	139	(24)
Neal Krause
III. RELIGION AND INEQUALITY
Race/Ethnicity	163	(22)
John P. Bartkowski
Todd L. Matthews
Social Class	185	(22)
James D. Davidson
Ralph E. Pyle
Gender	207	(20)
Nancy Nason-Clark
Barbara Fisher-Townsend
IV. RELIGION AND SOCIAL CONTROL
Law	227	(14)
James T. Richardson
Crime/Deviance	241	(24)
John P. Hoffmann
Stephen J. Bahr
Adolescent Delinquency	265	(20)
Mark D. Regnerus
V. RELIGION ANDU CULTURE
Sport	285	(20)
James A. Mathisen
Media	305	(16)
Stewart M. Hoover
Technology	321	(14)
William A. Stahl
VI. RELIGION AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION
Church Membership in America: Trends and Explanations	335	(18)
Roger Finke
Denominationalism/Congregationalism	353	(20)
Nancy T. Ammerman
Religious Leadership/Clergy	373	(18)
Dean R. Hoge
VII. RELIGION AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN A GLOBAL/TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Immigration	391	(20)
Peggy Levitt
Globalization	411	(20)
Peter Beyer
Index	431