ABSTRACT
Religion Matters: What Sociology Teaches Us About Religion in Our World is organized around the biggest questions that arrise in the field of sociology of religion.This is a new text for the sociology of religion course. Instead of surveying this field systematically, the text focuses on the major questions that generate the most discussion and debate in the sociology of religion field.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |15 pages
Why Religion?
chapter |18 pages
Downloading God, “Big Box” Churches, and the Crystal Shop around the Corner
Religious Adaptation in the High-Tech, Digital Age
chapter |16 pages
News Flash: God's Not Dead (and Neither is the Goddess!)
chapter |16 pages
Our God Rules (Yours Doesn't)
Why is There a Rising Tide of Fundamentalism Around the World?
chapter |17 pages
Divine Rights and Casting Down the Mighty from their Thrones
Does Religion Block or Encourage Social Change?
chapter |13 pages
The (Not So Great) Color Wall of the United States
Race and Religion in Contemporary Times
