Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Monty L. Lynn and David O. Moberg -- Introduction / Monty L. Lynn and David O. Moberg -- Sects and Churches, Conservatives and Liberals: Shades of Max Weber in the Sociology of Religion in America, 1904-1993 / Matthew P. Lawson -- "That They All May Be One": Can Denominationalism Die? / André Nauta -- The Politics of Elite Disunity in the Southern Baptist Convention, 1946-1992 / C. Kirk Hadaway and Penny Long Marler -- Catholic Feminist Spirituality and Social Justice Actions / Adair Lummis and Allison Stokes -- Non-Glossolalic Charismatics: Psychological and Religious Characteristics and Their Interpretation / Augustine Meier -- Religious Identification and Family Attitudes: An International Comparison / Bernadette C. Hayes and Michael P. Hornsby-Smith -- The Contextual Effect of Secular Norms on Religiosity as Moderator of Student Alcohol and Other Drug Use / H. Wesley Perkins -- The Moralization of Illness: The Role of Moral Values in the Religious Framing of the Aids Problem / John K. Cochran , Jeffry A. Will , and Jill Garner -- Contributors / Monty L. Lynn and David O. Moberg -- Reviewers / Monty L. Lynn and David O. Moberg -- Author Index / Monty L. Lynn and David O. Moberg -- Subject Index / Monty L. Lynn and David O. Moberg -- Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion / Monty L. Lynn and David O. Moberg.

The purpose of this book is to provide an outlet for original research articles examining the role and value of religious and spiritual constructs across the social sciences. The aim of the series is to include an international and interfaith voice to this research dialogue. An effort is made to be interdisciplinary and academically eclectic. The articles in each volume represent a wide array of perspectives and research projects. Most of the articles report the findings of quantitative or qualitative investigations, but some deal with methodology, theory, or applications of social science studies in the field of religion, and some are applied, demonstrating the relevance of the social sciences to religious organizations and their clergy. The value of the volume is that it gives to researchers in this area a broad perspective on the issues and methods of religious research across a spectrum of academic disciplines. The aim of the book is to stimulate a creative, integrative dialogue that will enhance interdisciplinary research.

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