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Religion, Deviance, and Social Control

Name: Religion, Deviance, and Social Control
Author: Rodney Stark
ISBN: 9781135771591

by Rodney Stark, William Sims Bainbridge

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Overview

Does religion have the power to control individual behavior? Can a person's commitment to religion keep him or her from abusing drugs or committing suicide? In Religion, Deviance, and Social Control, Bainbridge and Stark argue that religion does in fact have the power to shape behavior.

About the Author, Rodney Stark

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