In a world plagued by religious conflict, how can the various religious and secular traditions coexist peacefully on the planet? And, what role does sociology p

This book brings together and assesses a diverse range of substantive sociological, anthropological and social-psychological scholarship dealing with the broad

Using a lively narrative, The Sociology of Religion is an insightful text that investigates the facts of religion in all its great diversity, including its prac

Sociological and related studies of systems of religion tend to be fragmented. This book brings together and assesses a diverse range of substantive sociologica

Sharot (sociology, Ben-Gurion U. of the Neger) focuses on the differences and interrelationships between religious elites and lay masses. He presents several re