Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Ebaugh, Helen Rose

Handbook for Religion and Social Institutions is written for sociologists who study a variety of sub-disciplines and are interested in recent studies and theoretical approaches that relate religious variables to their particular area of interest. The handbook focuses on several major themes:

- Social Institutions such as Politics, Economics, Education, Health and Social Welfare

- Family and the Life Cycle

- Inequality

- Social Control

- Culture

- Religion as a Social Institution and in a Global Perspective

This handbook will be of interest to social scientists including sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and other researchers whose study brings them in contact with the study of religion and its impact on social institutions.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2005-08-16

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780387237886

DOI: 10.1007/b102451

Dimensions: 254cm x178cm

Pages: 440