Religion Matters What Sociology Teaches Us About Religion In Our World 1st Edition by Susanne C Monahan

Susanne C. Monahan is Associate Professor and former head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Montana State University. She attained a Ph.D. and A.M. in Sociology from Stanford University, and a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology and Economics from Swarthmore College. Her research focuses on intricate organizations, including studies on American congregations and clergy. She is a co-editor, together with William Mirola and Michael Emerson, of Sociology of Religion: A Reader, and has contributed articles and reviews in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Review of Religious Research, Sociology of Religion, Theoretical Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, and Child Development.

William A. Mirola is Professor of Sociology and former head of the Department of History and Social Science at Marian College in Indianapolis, IN. His teaching and research interests encompass the sociology of religion, social class, and social movements and change. In 2009, he co-edited (with Sean McCloud), Religion and Class in America: Culture, History, and Politics. He is a co-editor (with Susanne Monahan and Michael Emerson) of Sociology of Religion: A Reader. He has published articles in Sociology of Religion, Social Issues, and Social Science History, largely examining the intersections of religion and social class as well as religious dynamics within the American labor movement, past and present.

Michael O. Emerson is the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Rice University. Alongside various articles on the topic of religion, he has authored multiple books, including Divided by Religion: Evangelical Faith and the Challenge of Race in America (Oxford University Press) and People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States (Princeton University Press).