Routledge International Handbook of Sociology and Christianity

<p><em>The Routledge International Handbook of Sociology and Christianity</em> examines the intersection of the sociology of religion – a long-standing focus of sociology as a discipline – and Christianity – the world’s largest religion. An internationally representative and thematically comprehensive collection it analyzes both the sociology of Christianity and Christian approaches to sociology with attention to the Roman Catholic Orthodox and Protestant branches of Christianity. An authoritative state-of-the-art review of current research it is organized into five inter-connected thematic sections considering the overlapping emergence of both the Christian religion and the social science the conceptualization of and engagement with Christianity by sociological theory the ways in which Christianity shapes and is shaped by various social institutions the manner in which Christianity resists and promotes various forms of social change and the identification diagnosis and correction of social problems by sociology and Christianity. This volume is an invaluable collection for scholars and advanced students with special appeal for those working in the fields of sociology and social theory as well as religious studies and theology</p>