The thirteen essays in this volume challenge 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. Religion on the Edge offers groundbreaking new methodologies and models, bringing to light conceptual lacunae, re-centering what is unsettled by their use, and inviting a significant reordering of long-accepted political and economic hierarchies. The book shows how social scientists across the disciplines can engage with the sociology of religion. By challenging many of its long-standing empirical and analytic tendencies, the contributors to this volume show how their work informs and is informed by debates in other fields and the analytical purchase gained by bringing these many conversations together. Religion on the Edge will be a crucial resource for any scholar seeking to understand our post-modern, post-secular world.

AcknowledgementsContributorsReligion on the Edge: An IntroductionCourtney Bender, Wendy Cadge, Peggy Levitt, David SmildePart I. Rethinking Categories: Theoretical Approaches1. Grappling with the Legacy of Modernity: Implications for the Sociology of ReligionManuel A. V?squez2. Beyond Cultural Autonomy in the Sociological Study of ReligionDavid Smilde3. Toward a Comparative Historical Sociology of Religious PoliticsAtes Altinordu4. Religious Self-Constitution: A Relational PerspectiveMichal Pagis5. Studying Public Religion: Beyond the Beliefs-Driven ActorPaul Lichterman6. Pluralism and SecularismCourtney Bender7. Religion on the Move: Mapping Global Cultural Production and ConsumptionPeggy LevittPart II. Exemplary Cases: Empirical Examinations8. Difficult Dialogues: The Technologies and Limits of ReconciliationDawne Moon9. Negotiating Religious Differences in Secular Organizations: The Case of Hospital ChapelsWendy Cadge10. The Meaning and Challenges of Pluralism in Quebec: Debating ''Reasonable Accommodation''Genevi?ve Zubrzycki11. Revisiting Religious Power: The Korean Evangelical Church as a Disciplinary Institution Kelly H. Chong12. Crossing Borders: Transnational Sanctuary, Social Justice, and the ChurchJacqueline Hagan13. Conclusion: Working the EdgesIndex