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Changing American congregations : findings from the third wave of the national congregations study / Mark Chaves and Shawna Anderson -- All creatures great and small : megachurches in context / Mark Chaves -- Is the U.S. a counter example to the secularization thesis / David Voas and Mark Chavez -- Gendering secularization theory / Linda Woodhead -- Socioeconomic inequality in the American religious system : an update and assessment / Christian Smith and Robert Faris -- The impact of international migration on home churches / Prema Kurien -- Redefining the boundaries of belonging : the institutional character of transnational religious life / Peggy Levitt -- Religious population share and religious identity salience : is Jewish identity more important to Jews in less Jewish areas? / Becka Alper and Daniel Olson -- Evolving content -- Spiritual but not religious? beyond binary choices in the study of religion / Nancy Ammerman -- "I was a Muslim, but now I am a Christian": preaching, legitimation, and identity management in an southern Evangelical church / Gerardo Marti -- Warrior chicks / Kathleen Jenkins and Gerardo Marti -- The embodied goddess : feminine witchcraft and female divinity / Wendy Griffin -- U.S. college students' perception of religion and science : conflict, collaboration, or independence? / Christopher Scheitle -- Sensing god : bodily manifestations and their interpretations in Pentecostal rituals and everyday life / Joel Inbody -- Patterning diversity -- At ease with our own kind : worship practices and class segregation in American religion / Timothy Nelson -- Poor teenager's religion / Phillip Schwadel -- Practical divine influence : socioeconomic status and belief in the prosperity gospel / Scott Schieman and Jong Hyun Jung -- Religion, race, and discrimination : a field experiment of how American churches welcome newcomers / Bradley RE Wright, Michael Wallace, Annie Scola Wisnesky, Christopher M. Donnelly, Stacy Missari and Christine Zozula -- Race, belonging and participation in religious congregations / Brandon Martinez and Kevin Dougherty -- The gender pray gap : wage labor and the religiosity of high-earning women and men / Landon Schnabel -- Sexual encounters and manhood acts : evangelicals, latter-day saints, and religious masculinities / Kelsey Burke and Amy Moff Hudec -- Islam and woman: where tradition meets modernity / Jeri Altneu Sechzer -- Evangelical ambivalence towards gays and lesbians / Lydia Bean and Brandon C. Martinez -- "We are God's children, y'all" : race, gender, and sexuality in lesbian- and gay-affirming congregations / Krista McQueeney -- Seeing consequences -- Religion and gender equality worldwide : a country-level analysis / Landon Schnabel -- Latino congregations and youth educational expectations / Esmeralda Sanchez, Nicholas Vargas, Rebecca Burwell, Jessica Hamar Martinez, Milagros Pena, and Edwin I. Hernandez -- Rejecting evolution: the role of religion, education and social networks / Jonathan P. Hill -- Faith in the age of Facebook : exploring the links between faith and social network site membership and use / Brian J. Miller, Peter Mundey, and Jonathan P. Hill -- Correcting a curious neglect, or bringing religion back in / Christian Smith -- Social support and the religious dimensions of close ties / Stephen Merino -- Bereavement and religion online : stillbirth, neonatal loss and parental religiosity / Janel Kragt Bakker and Jenell Paris? -- Index

Dieser Band versammelt zehn Aufsätze von Christopher Adair-Toteff, die die wesentlichen Aspekte von Max Webers Religionssoziologie untersuchen. Der Autor erläutert und interpretiert Schlüsselbegriffe und grundlegende Themen wie Charisma, Askese, Mystik, Theodizee, Propheten und Kulturprotestantismus. Die Texte wurden zwischen 2002 und 2015 in diversen renommierten Fachzeitschriften veröffentlicht.Inhaltsübersicht Introduction1. »Max Weber's Mysticism«2. »Max Weber's Charisma«3. »Max Weber's Pericles: The Political Dialogue«4. »Max Weber's Notion of Asceticism«5. »Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Politics: Weber on Conscience, Conviction, and Conflict«6. »Max Weber's Charismatic Prophets«7. »Max Weber and 'Kulturprotestantismus'«8. »Confucianism and Weber's Reexamination of the Protestant Ethic Thesis«9. »'Sinn der Welt': Max Weber and the Problem of Theodicy«10. »Statistical Origins of the 'Protestant Ethic'«

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section I Changing Contexts -- 1 America's Changing Religious Landscape: Overview -- 2 Changing American Congregations: Findings from the Third Wave of the National Congregations Study -- 3 All Creatures Great and Small: Megachurches in Context -- 4 "Nones" on the Rise: One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation -- 5 Is the United States a Counterexample to the Secularization Thesis? -- 6 The Gender Gap in Religion Around the World: Women are Generally More Religious Than Men, Particularly Among Christians -- 7 Gendering Secularization Theory -- 8 Socioeconomic Inequality in the American Religious System: An Update and Assessment -- 9 The Shifting Religious Identity of Latinos in the United States: Nearly One-in-Four Latinos Are Former Catholics -- 10 The Impact of International Migration on Home Churches: The Mar Thoma Syrian Christian Church in India -- 11 Redefining the Boundaries of Belonging: The Institutional Character of Transnational Religious Life -- 12 Religious Population Share and Religious Identity Salience: Is Jewish Identity More Important to Jews in Less Jewish Areas? -- Section II Evolving Content -- 13 Spiritual but Not Religious?: Beyond Binary Choices in the Study of Religion -- 14 "I Was a Muslim, But Now I Am a Christian": Preaching, Legitimation, and Identity Management in a Southern Evangelical Church -- 15 Warrior Chicks: Youthful Aging in a Postfeminist Prosperity Discourse -- 16 The Embodied Goddess: Feminine Witchcraft and Female Divinity -- 17 U.S. College Students' Perception of Religion and Science: Conflict, Collaboration, or Independence? A Research Note -- 18 Sensing God: Bodily Manifestations and Their Interpretation in Pentecostal Rituals and Everyday Life -- Section III Patterning Diversity