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 the United States, and to religions other than Christianity, and encourage critical engagement with religion's complex social consequences.

• Acknowledgements


• Contributors


• Religion on the Edge: An Introduction


• Courtney Bender, Wendy Cadge, Peggy Levitt, David Smilde


• Part I. Rethinking Categories: Theoretical Approaches


• 1. Grappling with the Legacy of Modernity: Implications for the Sociology of Religion


• Manuel A. Vásquez


• 2. Beyond Cultural Autonomy in the Sociological Study of Religion


• David Smilde


• 3. Toward a Comparative Historical Sociology of Religious Politics


• Ates Altinordu


• 4. Religious Self-Constitution: A Relational Perspective


• Michal Pagis


• 5. Studying Public Religion: Beyond the Beliefs-Driven Actor


• Paul Lichterman


• 6. Pluralism and Secularism


• Courtney Bender


• 7. Religion on the Move: Mapping Global Cultural Production and Consumption


• Peggy Levitt


• Part II. Exemplary Cases: Empirical Examinations


• 8. Difficult Dialogues: The Technologies and Limits of Reconciliation


• Dawne Moon


• 9. Negotiating Religious Differences in Secular Organizations: The Case of Hospital Chapels


• Wendy Cadge


• 10. The Meaning and Challenges of Pluralism in Quebec: Debating ''Reasonable Accommodation''


• Geneviève Zubrzycki


• 11. Revisiting Religious Power: The Korean Evangelical Church as a Disciplinary Institution Kelly H. Chong


• 12. Crossing Borders: Transnational Sanctuary, Social Justice, and the Church


• Jacqueline Hagan


• 13. Conclusion: Working the Edges


• Index

CB: Associate Professor of Sociology, Columbia University; WC: Associate Professor of Sociology, Brandeis University; PL: Professor of Sociology, Wellesley College; DS: Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Georgia