TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mirola,William A and Emerson,Michael O and Monahan,Susanne C
TI  - Religion Matters: What Sociology Teaches Us About Religion 
SN  - 9781032021454
U1  - C82 23/eng20220901
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Religion and sociology
KW  - Textbooks
N1  - 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?
ER  -