Beschreibung:
Rational Choice Theory and Religion considers one of the major developments in the social scientific paradigms that promises to foster a greater theoretical unity among the disciplines of sociology, political science, economics and psychology. Applying the theory of rational choice--the theory that each individual will make her choice to maximize gain and minimize cost--to the study of religion, Lawrence Young has brought together a group of internationally renowned scholars to examine this important development within the field of religion for the first time.
Introduction, Lawrence A. Young; Part I Summary; Chapter 1 Bringing Theory Back In, Rodney Stark; Chapter 2 Rational Choice, Laurence R. Iannaccone; Chapter 3 The Consequences of Religious Competition, Roger Finke; Chapter 4 Embedding Religious Choices, Darren E. Sherkat; Chapter 5 Convergence Toward the new Paradigm, R. Stephen Warner; Part II Assessment; Chapter 6 Economic Man and the Sociology of Religion, Mary Jo Neitz, Peter R. Mueser; Chapter 7 Religious Choice and Religious Vitality, Nancy T. Ammerman; Chapter 8 Phenomenological Images of Religion and Rational Choice Theory, Lawrence A. Young; Chapter 9 Religion and Rational Choice Theory, Michael Hechter; Chapter 10 Stark and Bainbridge, Durkheim and Weber, Randall Collins;