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PART ONE: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS The Classical Tradition in Sociology ofReligion - Randall Collins Assessing Modernities - Kevin J. ChristianoFrom 'Pre-' to 'Post-' to 'Ultra-' Secularisation and SacralisationDeconstructed and Reconstructed - N. J. Demerath III Rational Choice andReligious Economies - Frank J. Lechner Globalization and Localization - PeterBeyer PART TWO: METHODS OF STUDYING RELIGION Micro Qualitative Approaches tothe Sociology of Religion - James V. Spickard Phenomenologies, Interviews,Narratives, and Ethnographies Surveys of Behaviour, Beliefs and Affiliation -David Voas Micro-quantitative History, Methodologies and the Study ofReligion - John R. Hall PART THREE: SOCIAL FORMS AND EXPERIENCES OF RELIGIONCongregations Resurgent - N. J. Demerath III & Arthur E Farnsley IIEvangelicalism and Fundamentalism - Paul Freston The Politics of GlobalPopular Protestantism From 'Cults' to New Religious Movements - ThomasRobbins & Phillip Charles Lucas Coherence, Definition and ConceptualFraming in the Study of New Religious Movements New Age Religion andIrreligion - William Sims Bainbridge Civil Religion in America and in GlobalContext - Marcela Cristi & Lorne L. Dawson PART FOUR: ISSUES OF POWER ANDCONTROL IN RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS Keepers of the Tradition - Paula NesbittReligious Professionals and their Careers Orders and Schisms on the SacredPeriphery - Patricia Wittberg Faith-based Initiatives - Arthur E. Farnsley IIReligion on the Internet - Douglas E. Cowan PART FIVE: RELIGION AND POLITICSReligion and the State - N. J. Demerath III Violence and Human RightsReligion and Regulation - J A Beckford & J T Richardson Religion inRebellion, Resistance and Social Movements - S E Nepstad and R H WilliamsReligious Affiliations, Political Preferences, and Ideological Alignments -Laura R. Olson PART SIX: INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOUR IN SOCIAL CONTEXTCross-national Comparisons of Individual Religiosity - Pierre BrechonRethinking the Relationship Between Ethnicity and Religion - Peter KivistoReligious Socialization among American Youth - John P. Bartkowski HowFaith Shapes Parents, Children, and Adolescents Age, Generation and Cohort inAmerican Religion and Spirituality - Michele Dillon PART SEVEN: RELIGION,SELF-IDENTITY AND THE LIFE-COURSE Religion and Identity - Arthur L. Greil &Lynn Davidman Gender Differences in Religious Practice and Significance -Linda Woodhead Embodiment, Emotion and Religious Experience - Phillip A.Mellor Religion, Culture and the Charismatic Body Religion as a Factor inLife and Death Through the Life-course - Stephen J. Hunt PART EIGHT: CASESTUDIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD Oligopoly Dynamics - Fenggang Yang OfficialReligions in China The Religious Landscape of Central and Eastern EuropeAfter Communism - Irena Borowik Judaism in Israel - Stephen Sharot PublicReligion, Neo-traditionalism, Messianism and Ethno-Religious Conflict StateShinto and Religion in Post-war Japan - Susumu Shimazono Mexico - Roberto J.Blancarte A Mirror For the Sociology of Religion