This clear introduction to the sociology of religion combines a discussion of key theorists with a modern emphasis on the diversity of religious beliefs and practices.

A study of the fluctuations in the degree of radicalism and socialism in the domestic policies of Socialist, Social Democratic and Labour parties in Western industrial democracies, examining the influence of votes secured in elections and ...

This book brings together and assesses a diverse range of substantive sociological, anthropological and social-psychological scholarship dealing with the broad spectrum of religious belief, experience and behaviour from the work of ...

It covers such concepts as power, privilege, prestige, class and status, and includes an assessment of the recent social changes in Eastern Europe and how these have impacted on the system of inequality under communism.