Rational Choice Theory and Religion: Summary and Assessment

Contents
Contributors
Introduction • Lawrence A. Young
Part I: Summary
	1 Bringing Theory Back In • Rodney Stark
	2 Rational Choice: Framework for the Scientific Study of Religion • Laurence R. lannaccone
	3 The Consequences of Religious Competition: Supply-side Explanations for Religious Change • Rogar Finke
	4 Embedding Religious Choices: Preferences and Social Constraints into Rational Choice Theories of Religious Behavior • Darren E. Sherkat
	5 Convergence toward the New Paradigm: A Case of Induction • R. Stephen Warner
Part II: Assessment
	6 Economic Man and the Sociology of Religion: A Critique of the Rational Choice Approach • Mary Jo Neitz and Peter R. Mueser
	7 Religious Choice and Religious Vitality: The Market and Beyond • Nancy T. Ammerman
	8 Phenomenological Images of Religion and Rational Choice Theory • Lawrence A. Youngc
	9 Religion and Rational Choice Theory • Michael Hechter
	10 Stark and Bainbridge, Durkheim and Weber: Theoretical Comparisons • Randall Collins
Name Index
Subject Index