Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

The Sociology of Religion in Late Modernity 5 the synchronizing rhythm of conversational speech and gesture and the affirmation ...

6 Michele Dillon interspersed and segmented within religious traditions and in individual and institu- tional practices. For man ...

The Sociology of Religion in Late Modernity 7 Notwithstanding the fact that highly regarded research organizations (e.g., the Na ...

8 Michele Dillon number (40 percent) report regular attendance at a place of worship. Moreover, 87 percent of Americans say that ...

The Sociology of Religion in Late Modernity 9 fits to some extent with religion’s role in conserving traditional practices in a ...

10 Michele Dillon mutual links between religion and mass media (cf. Hoover 1997), are not discussed in this collection but clear ...

The Sociology of Religion in Late Modernity 11 Part II is broadly concerned with the conceptualization and measurement of re- li ...

12 Michele Dillon on their young children, adult children can influence the religious behavior of their aging parents whom in tu ...

The Sociology of Religion in Late Modernity 13 experiences rather than from the standpoint of traditional institutional boundari ...

14 Michele Dillon facilitate their mobilization against exploitation. Here, too, similar to Wood’s findings, the social activism ...

The Sociology of Religion in Late Modernity 15 Irrespective of what specific question is investigated, the inevitable challenge ...

CHAPTER TWO Studying Religion, Making It Sociological Robert Wuthnow Not long ago, a student stopped by with a problem. “I have ...

Studying Religion, Making It Sociological 17 Such comments are frequent enough that graduate students lie awake at night, ponder ...

18 Robert Wuthnow sociology of religion may be taught infrequently or in another department. Graduate students may express fears ...

Studying Religion, Making It Sociological 19 rights movement and the protests against the Vietnam War stimulated rethinking of t ...

20 Robert Wuthnow has observed, one sibling is often more devout than another sibling, a faith system may explain this in terms ...

Studying Religion, Making It Sociological 21 MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT THEORY When asked what makes their work distinctively socio ...

22 Robert Wuthnow that rendered it difficult to prove or disprove convincingly with empirical evidence (Smelser 1994, 1995). For ...

Studying Religion, Making It Sociological 23 Despite the relatively high degree of specialization that isolates all subfields fr ...

24 Robert Wuthnow Social class, perhaps curiously, has received less attention in studies of religion than one might have imagin ...