The Sage Handbook Of Social Science Methodology

 Content: PART ONE: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS The Classical Tradition in Sociology of Religion - Randall Collins Assessing Modernities - Kevin J. Christiano    From \'Pre-\' to \'Post-\' to \'Ultra-\' Secularisation and Sacralisation Deconstructed and Reconstructed - N. J. Demerath III Rational Choice and Religious Economies - Frank J. Lechner Globalization and Localization - Peter Beyer PART TWO: METHODS OF STUDYING RELIGION Micro Qualitative Approaches to the Sociology of Religion - James V. Spickard    Phenomenologies, Interviews, Narratives, and Ethnographies Surveys of Behaviour, Beliefs and Affiliation - David Voas    Micro-quantitative History, Methodologies and the Study of Religion - John R. Hall PART THREE: SOCIAL FORMS AND EXPERIENCES OF RELIGION Congregations Resurgent - N. J. Demerath III & Arthur E Farnsley II Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism - Paul Freston    The Politics of Global Popular Protestantism From \'Cults\' to New Religious Movements - Thomas Robbins & Phillip Charles Lucas    Coherence, Definition and Conceptual Framing in the Study of New Religious Movements New Age Religion and Irreligion - William Sims Bainbridge Civil Religion in America and in Global Context - Marcela Cristi & Lorne L. Dawson PART FOUR: ISSUES OF POWER AND CONTROL IN RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS Keepers of the Tradition - Paula Nesbitt    ReligiousProfessionals and their Careers Orders and Schisms on the Sacred Periphery - Patricia Wittberg  Faith-based Initiatives - Arthur E. Farnsley II Religion on the Internet - Douglas E. Cowan PART FIVE: RELIGION AND POLITICS Religion and the State - N. J. Demerath III    Violence and Human Rights Religion and Regulation - J A Beckford & J T Richardson Religion in Rebellion, Resistance and Social Movements - S E Nepstad and R H Williams Religious Affiliations, Political Preferences, and Ideological Alignments - Laura R. Olson PART SIX: INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOUR IN SOCIAL CONTEXT Cross-national Comparisons of Individual Religiosity - Pierre Brechon Rethinking the Relationship Between Ethnicity and Religion    - Peter Kivisto Religious Socialization among American Youth - John P. Bartkowski    How Faith Shapes Parents, Children, and Adolescents Age, Generation and Cohort in American Religion and Spirituality - Michele Dillon PART SEVEN: RELIGION, SELF-IDENTITY AND THE LIFE-COURSE Religion and Identity - Arthur L. Greil & Lynn Davidman Gender Differences in Religious Practice and Significance - Linda Woodhead Embodiment, Emotion and Religious Experience - Phillip A. Mellor    Religion, Culture and the Charismatic Body Religion as a Factor in Life and Death Through the Life-course - Stephen J. Hunt PART EIGHT: CASE STUDIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD Oligopoly Dynamics - Fenggang Yang    Official Religions in China The Religious Landscape of Central and Eastern Europe After Communism - Irena Borowik Judaism in Israel - Stephen Sharot    Public Religion, Neo-traditionalism, Messianism and Ethno-Religious Conflict State Shinto and Religion in Post-war Japan - Susumu Shimazono Mexico - Roberto J. Blancarte    A Mirror For the Sociology of Religion
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              At a time when religions are increasingly affecting, and affected by, life beyond the narrowly sacred sphere, religion everywhere seems to be caught up in change and conflict. This book presents an unprecedentedly comprehensive assessment of the field, both where it has been and where it is headed.                 Read more...