Religion, work and inequality / edited by Lisa A. Keister, John McCarthy, Roger Finke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keister, Lisa A., 1968-

McCarthy, John.

Finke, Roger, 1954-

Series:

Research in the sociology of work ; v. 23.

Research in the sociology of work, 0277-2833 ; v. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Religion and sociology.

Industrial sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Work behaviours and inequality in work-based rewards are essential to financial security and general well-being. Although the benefits of receiving work-based rewards, such as income, benefits and retirement packages, are significant, they are not enjoyed uniformly. Scholars have invested considerable resources in studying the processes that lead to differential work outcomes, and we know a considerable amount about what places people in the distributions of income and wealth. However, religion is a critical determinant of these outcomes that has attracted little attention. It seems logical that a person's general approach to the world - their religious beliefs or cultural orientation - would be an important determinant of their wealth. After all, the things we consider important and our operating assumptions about how the world does work and how it should work are certain to affect the goals we pursue, our decisions about critical life events, and, ultimately, how well-off we are. This volume brings together major thinkers in the field of religion, work and inequality to explore current research and to articulate an agenda for better understanding these essential social processes.

Contents:

Introduction / Lisa A. Keister, John McCarthy, Roger Finke

Religious stratification in America / James D. Davidson, Ralph E. Pyle

Did the religious group socioeconomic ranking change leading into the great recession? / Stephanie Clintonia Boddie, Rebekah P. Massengill, Anne Fengyan Shi

Conservative Protestants, early transitions to adulthood, and the intergenerational transmission of class / Scott T. Fitzgerald, Jennifer L. Glass

Religion and the American occupational structure / Darren E. Sherkat

Socially responsible investing and the power to do good : whose dollars are being heard? / Jared L. Peifer

Religion and wealth across generations / Lisa A. Keister

Parental religiosity and children's educational attainment in the United States / Gregory M. Eirich

Religious nonaffiliation and schooling : the educational trajectories of three types of religious "nones" / Rebekah P. Massengill, Carol Ann MacGregor

Religious affiliation, college degree attainment, and religious switching / Christopher P. Scheitle, Buster G. Smith

No money, no honey, no church : the deinstitutionalization of religious life among the white working class / W. Bradford Wilcox, Andrew J. Cherlin, Jeremy E. Uecker, Matthew Messel

Race, class, congregational embeddedness, and civic and political participation / Philip Schwadel

Mega, medium, and mini : size and the socioeconomic status composition of American Protestant churches / David E. Eagle

Social stratification and church attendance in contemporary Italy / Gabriele Ballarino, Cristiano Vezzoni

Religion, religiosity, and cultural stratification : theoretical links and empirical evidence / Tally Katz-Gerro, Mads Meier Jaeger

A new approach for studying stratification and religion : early results from a national Internet-based field experiment study of U.S. churches / Michael Wallace, Bradley R.E. Wright, Christine Zozula, Stacy Missari, Christopher M. Donnelly, Annie Scola Wisnesky.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9786613572400

9781280394485

128039448X

9781780523477

1780523475

OCLC:

792748973