Table of Contents

Preface. Religion and Social Institutions.- Politics and Social Movements: Religion, Social Movements and Politics.- Economy: Economics of Religion.- Education: Religion and Education. Health.- Social Welfare: Religion and Social Welfare.- Family and Life Cycle.- Family: Together Bound: Church, Sect and Family.- Adolescence: Religion and Adolescent Development.- Aging: Religion in Late Life.- Religion and Inequality.- Race/Ethnicity: Religion and Race in America.- Social Class: Religion and Social Stratification: A Fair Shares Approach.- Gender: The Interface Between Religion and Gender: Charting the Troubled Waters.- Religion and Social Control: Law and Social Control of Religion.- Crime/Deviancy: Religion, Crime and Deviance.- Adolescent Delinquency: Religion and Adolescent Delinquency. Religion and Culture.- Sports: Religion and Sport: Apparent Relationships in Search of Explanations.- Media: The Evolving Sociology of Media and Religion.- Technology: A Cultural Cartography of Science, Technology and Religion.- Religion as a Social Institution.- Church Membership Historically: Religious Involvement in America: Trends and Explanations.- Denominationalism/Congregationalism: Denominations, Congregations, and Special Purpose Groups.- Religious Leadership/Clergy: Clergy and Religious Leadership: Recent Trends.- Religion and Social Institutions in a Global/Transnational Perspective.- Immigration: Does God Fit Within the Normal Curve?: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in the Study of Immigrant Religion.- Globalization: Religion as Social Institution in Global Perspective.