Notes on Contributors viii Introduction: Mapping the Sociology of Religion 1 Bryan S. Turner PART I THE FOUNDATIONS 31 1 The Sociology of Religion: The Foundations 33 Andrew McKinnon 2 Durkheim and After: Religion, Culture, and Politics 52 William Ramp 3 The Functional Theory of Religion 76 Victor Lidz 4 Recent Developments in the Anthropology of Religion 103 Simon Coleman PART II FROM SECULARIZATION TO RESACRALIZATION 123 5 Secularization 125 Steve Bruce 6 American Exceptionalism? 141 John Torpey 7 Resacralization 160 Grace Davie PART III NEW DEVELOPMENTS 179 8 Rational Choice and the Sociology of Religion 181 David Lehmann 9 The Religious Habitus: Embodiment, Religion, and Sociological Theory 201 Philip A. Mellor and Chris Shilling 10 Women, Religions, and Feminisms 221 Fang-Long Shih PART IV INSTITUTIONALIZATION: OLD AND NEW FORMS 245 11 New Research on Megachurches: Non-denominationalism and Sectarianism 247 Stephen Ellingson 12 The Sociology of Spirituality: Refl ections on a Problematic Endeavor 267 Matthew Wood 13 Arguing against Darwinism: Religion, Science, and Public Morality 286 Michael S. Evans and John H. Evans PART V SOCIOLOGY OF COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS 309 14 The Sociology of Early Christianity: From History to Theory, and Back Again 311 Joseph M. Bryant 15 Judaism: Covenant, Pluralism, and Piety 340 Alan Mittleman 16 Sociology and Anthropology of Islam: A Critical Debate 364 Gabriele Marranci 17 Approaches to the Study of Buddhism 388 Catherine Newell 18 Sociology of Hinduism 407 Pratap Kumar Penumala 19 Religious Awakening in China under Communist Rule: A Political Economy Approach 431 Fenggang Yang 20 Native American Religious Traditions: A Sociological Approach 456 Dennis F. Kelley PART VI GLOBALIZATION 475 21 Globalization and the Sociology of Religion 477 Lionel Obadia 22 Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in a Global Perspective 498 Afe Adogame 23 Fundamentalism 519 Richard T. Antoun 24 Religion, Media, and Globalization 544 Jeremy Stolow 25 Toward a Sociology of Religious Commodifi cation 563 Pattana Kitiarsa 26 Women and Piety Movements 584 Rachel Rinaldo 27 Religion and Nationalism: A Critical Re-examination 606 Geneviève Zubrzycki PART VII THE FUTURE OF RELIGION 627 28 The Future of Religion 629 Andrew Wernick 29 Religion in a Post-secular Society 649 Bryan S.

Turner Index 668.