In contrast with tribal and archaic religions, world religions are characterized by a unique
emphasis on extended prosociality, restricted sociosexuality, delayed gratification and the …

The initial optimism that greeted the onset of the “Third Wave” of democratization has cooled
with the instability of many new democracies and the proliferation of stable competitive …

Previous literature highlights the crucial role of economic inequality in triggering a range of
negative societal outcomes. However, the relationship between economic inequality and the …

From the 1980s through the first decade of the twenty-first century, the spread of democracy
across the developing and post-Communist worlds transformed the global political …

America faces daunting problems—stagnant wages, high health care costs, neglected
schools, deteriorating public services. How did we get here? Through decades of …

Throughout the world people differ in the magnitude with which they value strong family ties
or heightened religiosity. We propose that this cross-cultural variation is a result of a …

The number of nonreligious people has increased dramatically over the past several
decades, yet scholarship on the nonreligious is severely lacking. In response to this critical …

This book grew out of our intensive research collaboration over the last 9 years. The order of
the book's authorship could have been determined by a coin flip. Shared interests in the …

This article argues that quantitative secularization research has made important progress in
the last 20 years in seven areas. We have gained knowledge of how religion and religiosity …

Like past editions, this ninth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences
is a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. This book conveys the …