Religion for Realists

Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvSamuel L. Perry,University of Oklahoma) Perry, Samuel L. (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology

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More than half a century ago, sociologist J. Milton Yinger remarked about religion, "There are few major subjects about which men know so little, yet feel so certain." Samuel L. Perry says that Yinger had it right. Americans--and Westerners more generally--neglect the scientific study of religion, and we do so at our peril.In Religion for Realists, Perry argues that we need the scientific study of religion--the rational, data-driven analysis of religious life-now more than ever. Contrary to the fears of many religious Americans, the scientific study of religion only threatens empirical falsehoods, promulgated often to the benefit of charlatans and demagogues. And contrary to the silent hopes of many secular academics, religion doesn't go away when you ignore it. Instead, interest groups fill the void to shape the public's understanding of religious reality: sometimes well, usually poorly. Perry makes the case that, as people in the West self-sort into partisan tribes, all of us--religious and irreligious alike--need the scientific study of religion. This book presents a practical roadmap for ensuring that its insights are widely available, accessible, and impactful.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-10-15
Mått140 x 210 x undefined mm
Vikt790 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197672549
UtmärkelserWinner, SSSR Distinguished Book Award

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Samuel L. Perry is Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. He is the co-author, with Philip S. Gorski, of The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy (OUP 2022), and, with Andrew L. Whitehead, of Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States (OUP 2020), as well as the author of Addicted to Lust: Pornography in the Lives of Conservative Protestants (OUP 2019). He is a frequent contributor to TIME magazine and other mainstream outlets.

PrefaceIntroduction: Real, but Different1. We Were All Wrong: Anglo-Protestant Misconceptions2. Belongers Before Believers: Group Identity and Norms3. Evangelism The Old-Fashioned Way: Population Dynamics4. Come Over Here And Make Me: The Power of Structure5. More Than Benign Disinterest: (Why) Is Religion Research Marginalized?6. Fulfilling the Promise: What Religion Scholars Owe the PublicNotesReferencesIndex

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