Americans are increasingly polarized by a variety of metrics. The dimensions, extent,
causes, and consequences of that polarization have been the subject of much debate. Yet …

Demonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first
century When White people of faith act in a particular way, their motivations are almost …

This paper assesses the continued relevance of Robert Wuthnow's seminal theory of
“religious restructuring” for explaining the relationship between religious conservatism and …

In the 2016 presidential election, Americans who shared core religious beliefs and salient
religious identities, but who differed in racial identification, sharply diverged in their voting …

Four conceptual and methodological edges or areas of study are outlined. They are located
near what have been the boundaries between the sociology of religion and other subfields …

The religion literature in Sociology remains largely disconnected from the ethnicity and
immigration literature despite enduring connections between religion and ethnicity. This …

The thirteen essays in this volume offer a challenge to conventional scholarly approaches to
the sociology of religion. They urge readers to look beyond congregational settings, beyond …

Sociologists have long acknowledged the importance of religion for American politics,
especially for two groups of people:(a)(white) conservative Protestants, who are increasingly …

American sociology has not taken and does not take religion as seriously as it needs to in
order to do the best sociology possible. Despite religion being an important and distinctive …

More than anywhere else in the Western world, religious attachments in America are quite
flexible, with over 40 percent of US citizens shifting their religious identification at least once …