IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS Section I Getting Acquainted Chapter 1 Why Religion? Chapter 2 "You Believe What?" Chapter 3 Downloading God, "Big Box" Churches, and the Crystal Shop Around the Corner Section II The Shape of Religion Chapter 4 Why Can''t We All Just Get Along? Chapter 5 God''s Not Dead (and Neither is the Goddess!) Chapter 6 Our God Rules (Yours Doesn''t) Section III Religion, Conflict and the State Chapter 7 Divine rights and casting down the mighty from their thrones Chapter 8 Give us our due Section IV Religion, Identity and Social Inequalities Chapter 9 Adam, Eve, and Steve Chapter 10 The (Not So Great) Color Wall of the U.S. Chapter 11 Who Brought the Enchiladas to My Bar Mitzvah? Section V More Big Questions Chapter 12Godless science? Irrational religion? Chapter 13 The end of days? Religion and environmentalism Chapter 14 Do we need God to do good? COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS *Recommended readings appear at the end of each chapter Section I Getting Acquainted Chapter 1 Why Religion? But What Is Religion Anyway? On Belief and Ritual On Community Religion Assures Us of Cosmic Order A Sociological Consensus: Religion is a Human Product The Promise of Sociology Chapter 2 "You Believe What?" A Tour of Religious Belief and Ritual Practice Comparing Religious Beliefs and Practices Christianity Catholicism Mainline Protestantism Evangelical Protestants Other Christian Denominations Islam Hinduism Buddhism Judaism Understanding Contemporary Religious Ritual Practices The Role of Beliefs and Ritual Practices Section II The Shape of Religion Chapter 3 Downloading God, "Big Box" Churches, And the Crystal Shop Around the Corner: Religious Adaptation in the High Tech, Digital Age Changing Technology, Changing Religion Virtual Spiritual Community, Identity, and Authority What''s In A "Mega-Church"? Can You Have Community In A Megachurch? Other New Forms and Contexts for Religious Community Chapter 4 Can''t We All Just Get Along? Cohesion and Conflict in Religion Getting Personal Religion and Social Cohesion Religion and Social Conflict Can''t We All Just Get Along? Recommended Reading Chapter 5 News Flash: God''s Not Dead (And Neither Is the Goddess!) Will The Real Secularization Theory Please Stand Up? Religious Vitality in the U.S. And Abroad Secular Yet Religiously Vital? Chapter 6 Our God Rules (Yours Doesn''t) Why A Rising Tide Of Fundamentalism Around The World? What Is Religious Fundamentalism? The "First" Fundamentalism Fundamentalism Rising Characteristics of Religious Fundamentalism Fundamentalism and Other Aspects of Social Life Are Fundamentalist Movements Violent? Holes in Conceptualizing and Understanding Fundamentalism Measuring Fundamentalism Should We Study Fundamentalism Or Modern Secularism? European Exceptionalism Is There Such A Thing As Fundamentalism? Where Do We Go From Here? Section III Religion, Conflict and the State Chapter 7 Divine Rights And Casting Down The Mighty From Their Thrones: Does Religion Block Or Encourage Social Change? Classic Observations about Religion and Social Change The Lessons from Studying Social Movements The Emergence Of Religious Activism When Activists Get Religion Any Limits of Religion''s Influence on Change? Chapter 8 Give Us Our Due: Religion and The State Religion and Politics In The U.S.

Why Politics? "Princes, Governors, and Oppressors": Varieties of Relations between Religion and Government Religion as a Tool of the State: "You Visit Them" Theocracy: "They Visit You" Separate Spheres: Variants of Religion Freedom from Politics The U.S. Case: Religious Freedom The Disestablishment Clause and the Institutional Autonomy of Religion Separation of Church and State: Freedom from Religion? Section IV Religion, Identity and Social Inequalities Chapter 9 Adam, Eve, And Steve: How Religion Intersects With Gender and Sexuality But Isn''t a Woman''s Place In.Religion? Changing Gender Roles, Changing Relationships to Religion Does Religion Change With Women In Charge? Sex, Sex, Sex.Why Does It Always Come Back To Sex? "The Homosexual Agenda!" Challenging and Transforming Religious Ideas about Gender and Sexuality Chapter 10 The (Not So Great) Color Wall of the U.S.: Race and Religion in Contemporary Times So What If Religious Congregations Are Segregated? Can We Find a Solution? But Can We Create and Maintain Multiracial Congregations? Chapter 11 Who Brought The Enchiladas To My Bar Mitzvah? Immigration and Religious Change Overarching Religious Changes Religious Changes for Immigrants The Story of Karen Chai Kim Lessons about Immigration and Religious Change Section V More Big Questions Chapter 12 Godless Science, Irrational Religion? Flashpoint: The Current Debate over Evolution Creation Stories, Religious and Scientific Religion and Evolution: What''s The Big Deal? Religion''s Discontent with Scientific Inquiry Religion''s Discontent with Darwinian Evolution Religion and Science, Mythos and Logos Non- Overlapping Magesteria Science, Technology and Religion Religious Understanding of Reproductive Technologies Godless Science? Irrational Religion? Chapter 13 End of Days? Religion and the Environment Environmentalism and Its Discontents Religious Discontents Religion Finds Environmentalism.But Environmentalism Is Leery Of Religion Do Fundamental Christians Care About The Environment? A Worldview of "Mastery of Nature" The First Wave: Acceptance And Critique of White''s Argument The Second Wave: Testing "The Lynn White Hypothesis" Revisiting White: What Was His Point? Other Religious Approaches to Humans in the Natural World Romanticized Religion: Indigenous Religion and Clashes with Environmentalists Is Religion The Answer? Chapter 14 Do We Need God To Do Good? Do We Need God To Do Good? What''s Religion Got? Does Religion Ensure Doing Good? A Note on Violence and Moral Communities Moral Relativism?!.