ABSTRACT
Does religion have the power to regulate human behavior? If so, under what conditions can it prevent crime, delinquency, suicide, alcoholism, drug abuse, or joining cults? Despite the fact that ordinary citizens assume religion deters deviant behavior, there has been little systematic scientific research on these crucial questions. This book is the first comprehensive analysis, drawing on a wide range of historical and contemporary data, and written in a style that will appeal to readers from many intellectual backgrounds.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |8 pages
Religion and the Moral Order: An Introduction
part |92 pages
Religion and Deviance
chapter |20 pages
Religion and Suicide
chapter |22 pages
Durkheim's Suicide: An Inquest
chapter |14 pages
Rediscovering Moral Communities
chapter |14 pages
Religion as Context: Saving a “Lost Cause”
chapter |20 pages
Drugs and Alcohol
part |88 pages
Religion as Deviance