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This book intends to serve as a conversational, colorful, engaging, and provocative introduction to the sociology of religion for undergraduates. Written in lively prose, this volume aims to introduce students to the major themes, problems and goals of the sociological study of religion while also summoning the sense of wonder and curiosity for the enterprise itself.
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An updated edition showcasing the social health of the least religious nations in the worldReligious conservatives around the world often claim that a society without a strong foundation of faith would necessarily be an immoral one, bereft of ethics, values, and meaning. Indeed, the Christian Right in the United States has argued that a society without God would be hell on earth.In Society without God, Second Edition sociologist Phil Zuckerman challenges these claims. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews with more than 150 citizens of Denmark and Sweden, among the least religious countries in the world, he shows that, far from being inhumane, crime-infested, and dysfunctional, highly secular societies are healthier, safer, greener, less violent, and more democratic and egalitarian than highly religious ones.Society without God provides a rich portrait of life in a secular society, exploring how a culture without faith copes with death, grapples with the meaning of life, and remains content through everyday ups and downs. This updated edition incorporates new data from recent studies, updated statistics, and a revised Introduction, as well as framing around the now more highly developed field of secular studies. It addresses the dramatic surge of irreligion in the United States and the rise of the "nones," and adds data on societal health in specific US states, along with fascinating context regarding which are the most religious and which the most secular.
Well-being. --- Values Voters. --- Utter obliviousness. --- United States. --- Sweden. --- Sociological Theories. --- Societal Well-being. --- Secularization. --- Secularity. --- Secularism. --- Secular. --- Secular Studies. --- Scandinavian society. --- Scandinavia. --- Rituals. --- Reticence. --- Reluctance. --- Religious People. --- Religious Belief. --- Religion. --- Meaning of Life. --- Jews. --- International Comparisons. --- George W. Bush. --- Denmark. --- Death. --- Danish history. --- Danish culture. --- Cultural Religion. --- Apostasy;Asatru;Atheism;Belief;Benign indifference;Christianity. --- Apostasy. --- Asatru. --- Atheism. --- Belief. --- Benign indifference. --- Christianity.
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Du Bois was a pioneer of urban sociology, an innovator of rural sociology, a leader in criminology, the first American sociologist of religion, & most notably the first great social theorist of race.
Social sciences --- African Americans --- Social problems --- International relations --- Philosophy --- Social conditions --- Civil rights --- History --- Du Bois, W. E. B. --- Political and social views --- United States --- Race relations --- International relations. --- Philosophy. --- Political and social views. --- Race relations. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- Reform, Social --- Social reform --- Social welfare --- Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt --- Du Bois, W. E. --- Di︠u︡bua, Uilʹi︠a︡m Ėdvard Burgkhardt, --- Di︠u︡bua, Vilʹi︠a︡m, --- Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, --- DuBois, W. E. B. --- Du Bois, William, --- Du Bois, W. B. --- Race question --- Civilization --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Social history --- Applied sociology --- Social sciences - United States - Philosophy --- African Americans - Social conditions - To 1964 --- African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century --- Social problems - United States - History - 20th century --- Du Bois, W. E. B. - (William Edward Burghardt), - 1868-1963 - Political and social views --- United States - Race relations --- United States - Social conditions - 20th century --- Du Bois, W. E. B. - (William Edward Burghardt), - 1868-1963
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