Religion, Deviance, and Social Control

Rodney Stark is Professor of Sociology and of Comparative Religion, University of Washington. William SimsBainbridge is Director of the Sociology Program at the National Science Foundation

"Accessible to both general reader and social scientist. Undergraduates will appreciate the balance between theory, quantitative evidence, and historical description." -- Religious Studies Review"Readers who were impressed by an earlier issue of this journal that focused on corrections and religion will be interested in reading this book." -- ICCA Journal, April1997

• Chapter 1 Religion and the Moral Order: An Introduction; Part 1 Religion and Deviance; Chapter 2 Religion and Suicidefn2_a/We thank Daniel P. Doyle and Jesse Lynn Rushing who contibuted to an essay on which a portion of this Chapter is based.; Chapter 3 Durkheim's Suicide: An Inquest; Chapter 4 Rediscovering Moral Communitiesfn4_a/Danicl P. Doyle, Lori Kent, Robert Crutchfield, and Roger Finke contributed to essays on which portions of this Chapter are based.; Chapter 5 Religion as Context: Saving a “Lost Cause”; Chapter 6 Drugs and Alcohol; Part 2 Religion as Deviance; Chapter 7 Religious Cults; Chapter 8 Religion and Mental Illness; Chapter 9 Social Control in Utopian Communities; Chapter 10 Brief Reflections on a Research Agenda;