Religion and Social Problems Contributor(s): Hjelm, Titus (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415849292 ISBN-13: 9780415849296 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $40.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 201.76 |
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 268 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Although students and scholars of social problems have often acknowledged the role of religion, no thorough examinations of the relation between the two have emerged. This volume fills this gap by providing a definitive work on the role of religion in assessing, constructing, and solving social problems. Contributors chart the relation between religion and social problems, exploring such case studies as the impact of religion on drugs and alcohol use among Muslims, the rising importance that religion is given in social policy, the role of the Orthodox and Catholic churches in tackling social problems in post-communist East Europe, and the contested role of religion in the national and international politics of contemporary Japan. Religion and Social Problems is a broad and path-breaking contribution to the fields of sociology of religion, sociology of social problems, and religious studies. |