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Handbook of Religion and Social Institutions

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  • © 2006

Overview

  • This handbook is not for social scientists who study religion, but for social scientists whose primary research intersects with the study of religion such as sociology, economics, medical and health ethics, education, gender studies, etc.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research (HSSR)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Religion and Social Institutions

  2. Family and Life Cycle

  3. Religion and Inequality

  4. Religion and Social Control

  5. Religion and Culture

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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, University of Houston, Houston

    Helen Rose Ebaugh

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Religion and Social Institutions

  • Editors: Helen Rose Ebaugh

  • Series Title: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b102451

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-25703-7Published: 26 January 2006

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-23789-3Published: 23 October 2007

  • Series ISSN: 1389-6903

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-839X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 440

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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