ABSTRACT
The Routledge International Handbook of Sociology and Christianity examines the intersection of the sociology of religion – a long-standing focus of sociology as a discipline – and Christianity – the world’s largest religion. An internationally representative and thematically comprehensive collection, it analyzes both the sociology of Christianity and Christian approaches to sociology, with attention to the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant branches of Christianity. An authoritative, state-of-the-art review of current research, it is organized into five inter-connected thematic sections, considering the overlapping emergence of both the Christian religion and the social science, the conceptualization of and engagement with Christianity by sociological theory, the ways in which Christianity shapes and is shaped by various social institutions, the manner in which Christianity resists and promotes various forms of social change, and the identification, diagnosis, and correction of social problems by sociology and Christianity. This volume is an invaluable collection for scholars and advanced students, with special appeal for those working in the fields of sociology and social theory, as well as religious studies and theology
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|82 pages
The History of Christianity and Sociology
chapter 5|11 pages
Definitions of Religion in Classical Sociology
part 2|90 pages
Contemporary Sociological Theory and Christianity
part 3|84 pages
Social Institutions and Christianity
part 4|90 pages
Social Change and Christianity
part 5|88 pages
Applied Sociology and Christianity