Handbook of Religion and Social Institutions

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ebaugh, Helen Rose (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.

Over the past twenty years, religion as a predictor of social behaviors has been increasingly documented in social arenas. Traditional relationships between religion and family, voting patterns, race and education have been well noted. More recently, studies show the closer relationship with health...