Investigating Religion (Sociology In Action)

Description: An A Level sociology book dealing exclusively with religion, this text provides full coverage of the topic area, exploring it in detail. Looking at the role and relevance of religion in society, it explores the wider social context of a diverse range of religions and includes chapters on the decline of religion and the new religious and new age movements.

Review: " As sociology becomes increasingly complex ,it is difficult for teachers to find ways of making subjects simple without being simplistic. The Sociology in Action series, with its combination of a skills-based approach and up to date source material from academic research and journalism, is an excellent answer to this problem." Times Educational Supplement

Contents: Defining religion; measuring religion; religious organisations; new religious movements and new age movements; the decline in religion; gender and religion; ethnicity and religious diversity; religion, the body, sex and death; religion and social change; religion in a postmodern world.

Author Biography: John Bird is Head of the School of Social Sciences, and an Access Co-ordinator at the University of the West of England. He has been amember of the SCAA Core Review Group for A-Level Sociology, and contributed the chapter on Religion in Sociology: An Interactive Approach.