Religion Matters: What Sociology Teaches Us About Religion
Mirola, William A and Emerson, Michael O and Monahan, Susanne C
Religion Matters: What Sociology Teaches Us About Religion - 02 - New York Routledge 2023 - 232p
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section I Getting Acquainted
1 Why Religion?
2 "You Believe What?": A Tour of Religious Belief and Ritual Practice
3 Downloading God, "Big-Box" Churches, and the Crystal Shop around
the Corner: Religious Adaptation in the Digital Age
Section II The Shape and Politics of Religion
4 Can't We All Just Get Along?: Cohesion and Conflict in Religion
5 News Flash: God's Not Dead (and Neither is the Goddess!)
6 The Fight for Survival: Religious Polarization and the Shrinking Middle
7 Divine Rights and Fighting the Power: How Can Religion
Simultaneously Block and Encourage Social Change?
Section III Religion, Identity, and Social Inequalities
8 What are God's Pronouns?: Does Religion Work Differently for Men,
Women, and Trans Persons?
9 Adam, Eve, and Steve: How Changing Dynamics of Sexuality
Challenge and Transform Religion
10 Blessed are the Poor, Woe to the Rich, But What about the Middle?:
Are There Class Differences in How Religion Works?
11 Religion and Race: A Double-Edged Sword
12 Who Brought the Enchiladas to My Bar Mitzvah?: Immigration and
Religious Change
Section IV More Big Questions
13 The End of Days? Religion Meets Climate Change
14 Do We Need God to Do Good?
9781032021454
2022016300
Religion and sociology--Textbooks.
C82 / M678
Religion Matters: What Sociology Teaches Us About Religion - 02 - New York Routledge 2023 - 232p
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section I Getting Acquainted
1 Why Religion?
2 "You Believe What?": A Tour of Religious Belief and Ritual Practice
3 Downloading God, "Big-Box" Churches, and the Crystal Shop around
the Corner: Religious Adaptation in the Digital Age
Section II The Shape and Politics of Religion
4 Can't We All Just Get Along?: Cohesion and Conflict in Religion
5 News Flash: God's Not Dead (and Neither is the Goddess!)
6 The Fight for Survival: Religious Polarization and the Shrinking Middle
7 Divine Rights and Fighting the Power: How Can Religion
Simultaneously Block and Encourage Social Change?
Section III Religion, Identity, and Social Inequalities
8 What are God's Pronouns?: Does Religion Work Differently for Men,
Women, and Trans Persons?
9 Adam, Eve, and Steve: How Changing Dynamics of Sexuality
Challenge and Transform Religion
10 Blessed are the Poor, Woe to the Rich, But What about the Middle?:
Are There Class Differences in How Religion Works?
11 Religion and Race: A Double-Edged Sword
12 Who Brought the Enchiladas to My Bar Mitzvah?: Immigration and
Religious Change
Section IV More Big Questions
13 The End of Days? Religion Meets Climate Change
14 Do We Need God to Do Good?
9781032021454
2022016300
Religion and sociology--Textbooks.
C82 / M678