Religion and Black Racial Identity in Du Bois’s Sociology

Clinical Sociology and Religion

Although religious concerns are generally not clients' primary presenting problems in secular therapists' practices, religious beliefs and values can have a strong influence on clients' behavior and clinical progress. For this reason, knowledge about religion and its impact can be useful in intervention work. Three case studies illustrate how sociology of religion can be a substantive resource ...

Critique: the Relation between Religion and Sociology

The aim of this article is to re-inspect the possibility or repudiation of Sociology of Religion. This idea is done by researching the previous critiques of this branch of sociology and the criticism of these challenges. In the following discussion about each of aspects, it is tried to answer the extant uncertainties according to one of the most important expositors (H. A. Tanhaee).

Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

Identity and Racial Harassment

Identity and Racial Harassment In a 1996 survey of U.S. military personnel, more than 65 percent experienced racially offensive behavior, and approximately one-in-ten reported threatening incidents or careerrelated racial discrimination. Perceived racial harassment is driven by social classifications that extend beyond racial group membership. While race clearly matters, there is also diversity...

situation of rural religion in rural sociology

since land reform in iran, rural studies and rural sociology have been concentrated on rural society as economical and political phenomena; therefore mostly traditional systems of production and power were noted in researches. one issue that was not addressed in this academic discourse was rural religion. religion as a core of culture and the main context to reproduce social integration has a k...