Religion Matters What Sociology Teaches Us About Religion In Our World 1st Edition by Susanne C Monahan

Susanne C. Monahan is Affiliate Professor and former chair of the Division of Sociology and Anthropology at Montana State College. She acquired a Ph.D. and A.M. in Sociology from Stanford College, and a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology and Economics from Swarthmore Faculty. Her analysis focuses on advanced organizations, together with work on American congregations and clergy. She is co-editor, together with William Mirola and Michael Emerson, of Sociology of Religion: A Reader, and has revealed articles and critiques within the Journal for the Scientific Examine of Religion, Evaluation of Non secular Analysis, Sociology of Religion, Theoretical Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Journal of the American Academy of Religion and Little one Improvement.

William A. Mirola is Professor of Sociology and former chair of the Division of Historical past and Social Science at Marian Faculty in Indianapolis, IN. His educating and analysis pursuits concentrate on the sociology of faith, social class, and social actions and alter. In 2009, he co-edited (with Sean McCloud), Religion and Class in America: Tradition, Historical past, and Politics. He’s co-editor (with Susanne Monahan and Michael Emerson) of Sociology of Religion: A Reader. He has revealed articles in Sociology of Religion, Social Issues, and Social Science Historical past, principally addressing the intersections of faith and social class in addition to spiritual dynamics within the American labor motion, previous and current.

Michael O. Emerson is the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Institute for City Analysis at Rice College. In addition to many articles on the subject of faith, he’s the writer of a number of books, together with Divided by Religion: Evangelical Religion and the Downside of Race in America (Oxford College Press) and Individuals of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in america (Princeton College Press).