In this wide-ranging survey Thomas Robbins assesses the state of the art in sociological and
related work on new religious movements. Concentrating on research on movements in the …

The Sociology of Religion is a comprehensive and wide-ranging introduction to theoretical
debates in the sociology of religion, placing these theories in the context of specific religious …

The past two decades in the United States have seen an immense liberalization and
expansion of women's roles in society. Recently, however, some women have turned away …

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 …

This book is the first in over a decade to attempt a systematic synthesis of the field of
conversion studies, encompassing the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, psychology …

This article examines the process by which persons reconstruct their Evangelical religious
identity to include the formerly incongruent homosexual identity. Members of one …

Protestant Christianity has been growing very fast in China under communist rule. This
article shows that the converts are not all marginalized individuals deprived of material and …

The Caribbean region consists of those coastal areas of Central, North, and South America
that border on the Caribbean Sea, along with all of the islands between the Caribbean Sea …

As the new millennium approaches, the sacred and profane interface, conflict, and
intermingle in novel ways. The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society provides a guide map …

Why do immigrants abandon their traditional religion and convert to Protestant Christianity?
Existing sociological theories of conversion are mostly based on studies of individuals who …