Religion, Deviance, and Social Control

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-415-91528-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Does religion have the power to regulate human behavior? If so, under what conditions can it prevent crime, delinquency, suicide, alcoholism, drug abuse, or joining cults? Despite the fact that ordinary citizens assume religion deters deviant behavior, there has been little systematic scientific research on these crucial questions. This book is the first comprehensive analysis, drawing on a wide range of historical and contemporary data, and written in a style that will appeal to readers from many intellectual backgrounds.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stark, Rodney

Bainbridge, William Sims

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Religion and the Moral Order: An Introduction; Part 1 Religion and Deviance; Chapter 2 Religion and Suicidefn2_a/We thank Daniel P. Doyle and Jesse Lynn Rushing who contibuted to an essay on which a portion of this Chapter is based.; Chapter 3 Durkheim's Suicide: An Inquest; Chapter 4 Rediscovering Moral Communitiesfn4_a/Danicl P. Doyle, Lori Kent, Robert Crutchfield, and Roger Finke contributed to essays on which portions of this Chapter are based.; Chapter 5 Religion as Context: Saving a “Lost Cause”; Chapter 6 Drugs and Alcohol; Part 2 Religion as Deviance; Chapter 7 Religious Cults; Chapter 8 Religion and Mental Illness; Chapter 9 Social Control in Utopian Communities; Chapter 10 Brief Reflections on a Research Agenda;

Über Autor(innen)

Rodney Stark is Professor of Sociology and of Comparative Religion, University of Washington. William Sims Bainbridge is Director of the Sociology Program at the National Science Foundation