Recently added articles from Sociology of Religion:
Contemporary evidence regarding the impact of state regulation of religion on religious participation and belief.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; Fox, Jonathan ... While "at first glance the regulation of the religious market seems far removed from the individual" (Finke 1990:614), the impact of the degree of religious pluralism on religious participation has been the subject of considerable debate. Peter Berger (1967) claimed that competition leads ...
Vocation and Social Context.(Vocation and Social Context: Religion and the Social Order)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; Giordan, Giuseppe ... * August 2007 * ISBN 978 90 04 16194 8 * Paperback (224 pp.) * List price EUR 79.- / US$ 111.- * Religion and the * Social Order, 14 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The category of Beruf has intrigued sociology since ...
The religious role and the sense of personal control.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; Schieman, Scott ... Scholars have long been interested in the effects of religion on individuals' personal and social functioning. One key debate revolves around the effects of religious precepts and practices on the sense of personal control (Ellison, et al. 2001; Jackson and Coursey 1988; Schieman, et al ....
Organizational context and the sexual harassment of clergy.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; McDuff, Elaine ... When the term sexual harassment is used in association with the clergy, the common assumption is that it is sexual harassment by the clergy which is being discussed. This assumption tends to obscure another serious issue that has received little scholarly attention--the sexual harassment ...
Pilgrimage, religious institutions, and the construction of orthodoxy.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; Loveland, Matthew T. ... During the second half of the 20th century, lay Catholic social attitudes became increasingly similar to the attitudes of the American public at large (Hoge 1986). While official church teachings counter several trends in the broader culture, support of official Church positions is clearly ...
Christian denominational and special interest political action on public policy issues related to sexual orientation.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; Geest, Van Fred ... INTRODUCTION Wuthnow (1988) argues that since World War II, "special purpose groups" have become at least as important as denominations for religious people pursuing social or political action. Wuthnow shows that these paradenominational groups (groups that draw members from ...
Bearing Witness against Sin: The Evangelical Birth of the American Social Movement.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; Campbell, David E. ... Bearing Witness against Sin: The Evangelical Birth of the American Social Movement, by MICHAEL P. YOUNG. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006, 248 pp.; $20.00 USD (paper), $55.00 USD (cloth). Where do social movements come from? The question of why people engage in any ...
Every Time I Feel the Spirit: Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American Church.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; Cavendish, James C. ... Every Time I Feel the Spirit: Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American Church, by TIMOTHY J. NELSON. New York: New York University Press, 2005, 232 pp.; $20.00 USD (paper), $65.00 USD (cloth). Every Time I Feel the Spirit is a thought-provoking book about how ...
Romancing God: Evangelical Women and Inspirational Fiction.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; Gallagher, Sally K. ... Romancing God: Evangelical Women and Inspirational Fiction, by LYNN S. NEAL. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 2006, 245 pp.; $18.95 USD (paper), $49.95 USD (cloth). In this wonderfully readable and engaging book, Lynn Neal provides an analysis of the ...
Awesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Church of Christ.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; Nabors, Brad ... Awesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Church of Christ, by KATHLEEN JENKINS. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2005, 272 pp.; $22.95 USD (paper), $62.00 USD (cloth). Prior to its dissolution in 2004, the International Churches ...
Women Shaping Islam: Reading the Qur'an in Indonesia.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; Shipley, Heather ... Women Shaping Islam: Reading the Qur'an in Indonesia, by PIETERNELLA VAN DOORN-HARDER. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006, 315 pp.; $27.00 USD (paper), $75.00 USD (cloth). Pieternella van Doorn-Harder's book, Women Shaping Islam, examines women's involvement in shaping ...
On the Road to Being There: Studies in Pilgrimage and Tourism in Late Modernity.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; Coats, Curtis ... On the Road to Being There: Studies in Pilgrimage and Tourism in Late Modernity, edited by WILLIAM H. SWATOS, JR. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers, 2006, 332 pp.; $120.00 USD (paper). William H. Swatos, Jr. is clear about the assumption and purpose that guides this volume. In ...
Materializing Religion: Expression, Performance and Ritual.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; Koltun-Fromm, Ken ... Materializing Religion: Expression, Performance and Ritual, edited by ELISA-BETH ARWECK and WILLIAM KEENAN. Aldershot and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, 2006, 242 pp.; $99.95 USD (cloth). This book draws together various interpretive approaches to the material forms of ...
Critical theory.(Marx, Critical Theory, and Religion: A Critique of Rational Choice Theory)(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; Scheitle, Chris ... Marx, Critical Theory, and Religion: A Critique of Rational Choice Theory, edited by WARREN S. GOLDSTEIN. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers, 2006, 407 pp.; $134.00 USD (cloth). Many people have proposed critiques of the literature and scholars that have come to be known, ...
North American Buddhists in Social Context.(North American Buddhists in Social Context: Religion and the Social Order)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; Numrich, Paul David ... * June 2008 * ISBN 978 90 04 16826 8 * List price EUR 85.- / US$ 99.- * Hardback (250 pp.) * Members price US$ 29.- * Religion and the Social Order, 15 This volume marks an important milestone in the growing literature on ...
Religion and Diversity in Canada.(Religion and Diversity in Canada: Religion and the Social Order)(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; Beaman, Lori G. ... * July 2008 * ISBN 978 90 04 17015 5 * List price EUR 85.- / US$ 129.- * Members price US$ 29.- * Religion and the Social Order, 16 Canada prides itself on being a multicultural nation, welcoming people from all around the world, and ...
