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Max Weber argued that a religious group or individual is influenced by all kinds of things but if they claim to be acting in the name of religion, we should attempt to understand their perspective on religious grounds first. He gives religion credit for shaping a person's image of the world, and this image of the world can affect their view of their interests, and ultimately how they decide to take action. For Weber, religion is best understood as it responds to the human need for theodicy and soteriology. He believes that human beings are troubled with the question of theodicy. How can the extraordinary power of a divine god be reconciled with the imperfection of the world that he has created and rules over? People need to know, for example, why there is undeserved good fortune and suffering in the world. Religion offers people soteriological answers, or answers that provide opportunities for salvation - relief from suffering, and reassuring meaning. This volume is a collection of ten articles by Christopher Adair-Toteff that examine the fundamental aspects of Max Weber's sociology of religion. They were published between 2002 and 2015 in various renowned journals and deal with different topics such as charisma, asceticism, mysticism, theodicy, prophets, and "Kulturprotestantismus." In his work, the author attempts to understand, clarify, and interpret key concepts and themes in Weber's sociology of religion.

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

The potential of visual research methods in the sociology of religion is vast, but largely untapped. This comes as a surprise, however, given the visual, symbolic, and material nature of religion and spirituality. Evidence of religious faith and practice is materially present in everything from clothing and jewelry to artifacts found in people's homes and workplaces. Not only is religion's symbolic and material presence palpable throughout society, it also informs attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of countless people worldwide. Words-and-numbers approaches to social research, however, sometime.