▪ Abstract The sociology of religion is experiencing a period of substantial organizational
and intellectual growth. Recent theoretical and empirical papers on the sociology of religion …

Since the rise of the religious right, scholars have become increasingly interested in
studying conservative Protestantism. Not only do conservative Protestants (CPs) make up at …

From marriage equality, to gun control, to immigration reform and the threat of war, religion
plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at …

This fully updated Sixth Edition of Religion in Sociological Perspective introduces students
to the basic theories and methods in the field, and shows them how to apply these analytic …

We examine how religious and political factors structure support for same-sex marriage in
the United States over the last two decades. Using data from the General Social Surveys, we …

Objective I examine polarization in public opinion using the method of DiMaggio, Evans, and
Bryson (DEB)(1996), but go further than DEB by using newly available years of survey data …

Religious variations in domestic violence remain understudied. Arguments are developed
linking aspects of religious affiliation, practice, theology, and couples' religious (dis) …

While religious leaders often have enormous influence over their members' beliefs and how
they translate their beliefs into action in everyday life, the individual family remains the place …

While the psychological research literature on gay and lesbian Christians is rich and
continually expanding, it is also quite fragmented—consisting mainly of studies with small …

Although research typically has failed to establish a relationship between religious affiliation
and correctional attitudes, recent assessments have revealed that fundamentalist Christians …