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Religion and Inequality in America: Research and Theory on Religion's Role in Stratification
Religion is one of the strongest and most persistent correlates of social and economic inequalities. Theoretical progress in the study of stratification and inequality has provided the foundation for asking relevant questions, and modern data and analytic methods enable researchers to test their ideas in ways that eluded their predecessors. A rapidly growing body of research provides strong evidence that religious affiliation and beliefs affect many components of well-being, such as education, income, and wealth. Despite the growing quantity and quality of research connecting religion to inequality, no single volume to date brings together key figures to discuss various components of this process. This volume aims to fill this gap with contributions from top scholars in the fields of religion and sociology. The essays in this volume provide important new details about how and why religion and inequality are related by focusing on new indicators of inequality and well-being, combining and studying mediating factors in new and informative ways, focusing on critical and often understudied groups, and exploring the changing relationship between religion and inequality over time.
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Religion and Inequality in America: Research and Theory on Religion's Role in Stratification
Religion is one of the strongest and most persistent correlates of social and economic inequalities. Theoretical progress in the study of stratification and inequality has provided the foundation for asking relevant questions, and modern data and analytic methods enable researchers to test their ideas in ways that eluded their predecessors. A rapidly growing body of research provides strong evidence that religious affiliation and beliefs affect many components of well-being, such as education, income, and wealth. Despite the growing quantity and quality of research connecting religion to inequality, no single volume to date brings together key figures to discuss various components of this process. This volume aims to fill this gap with contributions from top scholars in the fields of religion and sociology. The essays in this volume provide important new details about how and why religion and inequality are related by focusing on new indicators of inequality and well-being, combining and studying mediating factors in new and informative ways, focusing on critical and often understudied groups, and exploring the changing relationship between religion and inequality over time.
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Religion and Inequality in America: Research and Theory on Religion's Role in Stratification

Religion and Inequality in America: Research and Theory on Religion's Role in Stratification

Religion and Inequality in America: Research and Theory on Religion's Role in Stratification
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Religion and Inequality in America: Research and Theory on Religion's Role in Stratification

Religion and Inequality in America: Research and Theory on Religion's Role in Stratification

Overview

Religion is one of the strongest and most persistent correlates of social and economic inequalities. Theoretical progress in the study of stratification and inequality has provided the foundation for asking relevant questions, and modern data and analytic methods enable researchers to test their ideas in ways that eluded their predecessors. A rapidly growing body of research provides strong evidence that religious affiliation and beliefs affect many components of well-being, such as education, income, and wealth. Despite the growing quantity and quality of research connecting religion to inequality, no single volume to date brings together key figures to discuss various components of this process. This volume aims to fill this gap with contributions from top scholars in the fields of religion and sociology. The essays in this volume provide important new details about how and why religion and inequality are related by focusing on new indicators of inequality and well-being, combining and studying mediating factors in new and informative ways, focusing on critical and often understudied groups, and exploring the changing relationship between religion and inequality over time.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781107027558
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 07/10/2014
Pages: 380
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

Lisa Keister is Gilhuly Family Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Duke University. She conducts research on wealth inequality, asset accumulation, and the causes of each. She is author of several books, including Faith and Money (2011), Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got There (2005), and Wealth in America (2000). She also does work on Chinese corporations and the country's economic transition. Her research on China includes the book Chinese Business Groups (2000) and various articles.

Darren Sherkat is Professor of Sociology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His research examines the demography of American religion and the impact of religion on family, stratification, and politics in the United States. He has published more than fifty peer-reviewed articles, and his book, Religious Identification in America, is forthcoming.

Table of Contents

Foreword N. J. Demerath; Introduction Lisa A. Keister and Darren E. Sherkat; Part I. Education: 1. Nonaffiliation and socioeconomic status: differences in education and income between atheists and agnostics and 'nothing in particulars' Rebekah Peeples Massengill; 2. Religion, gender, and educational attainment among US immigrants: evidence from the new immigrant survey Nadia Amin and Darren E. Sherkat; 3. Intersectionality and identity: an exploration of Arab-American women Jen'nan Ghazal Read and David Eagle; Part II. Income, Wealth, and the Labor Market: 4. Conservative protestantism, normative pathways, and adult attainment Scott T. Fitzgerald and Jennifer L. Glass; 5. Religion and wealth mobility: the case of American Latinos Lisa A. Keister and E. Paige Borelli; 6. The labor market behavior of married women with young children in the US: have differences by religion disappeared? Evelyn L. Lehrer and Yu Chen; Part III. Attitudes, Cultural Capital, and Power: 7. Religion and gender inequality: from attitudes to practices John P. Bartkowski and Sarah Shah; 8. Religious stratification and social reproduction Ralph E. Pyle and James D. Davidson; 9. God in the corner office? How religion advances and inhibits professional mobility in the higher circles D. Michael Lindsay; 10. The religious affiliations of ivy league presidents 1636–2012 Deborah L. Coe and James D. Davidson; Part IV. Health and Well-being: 11. The association between religiousness and psychological well-being among older adults: is there an educational gradient? Christopher G. Ellison, Scott H. Schieman and Matt Bradshaw; 12. Does believing or belonging have a greater protective effect on stressful life events among young adults? Margarita Mooney, Lin Wang, Jason Freeman and Matt Bradshaw; 13. Faith, jobs, money, and happiness during the great recession, 2006–10 Michael Hout and Orestes P. Hastings; Part V. Inequality and Religion: 14. Reversing the arrow? Economic inequality's effect on religiosity Frederick Solt.
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