Chaves (2010) argues that much of the work in the sociology of religion is susceptible to the religious congruence fallacy—the tendency to assume consistency between religious beliefs and one’s attitudes and behaviors across situations when they are in fact highly variable. We build on and extend this argument by focusing on intersecting group identities as a mechanism for identifying such inco...

Max Weber’s approach to the sociology of religion still poses a puzzle. Difficult logical-methodical and substantive issues are involved. As it is well known, he first dealt with religion in 1904/1905, in his essay on the relationship between ascetic Protestantism and the emerging ‘spirit’ of modern capitalism, which he regarded a study in the history of religion, confined to the post-Reformati...

In early 2020, the world was shocked by outbreak of corona virus (covid 19) that emerged in Wuhan, China and quickly spread to rest world, including Indonesia. The pandemic occurred Indonesia tested citizens who are known be multicultural with religion, language, culture, ethnicity race from aspect spirituality (divinity) social (humanity), because covid 19 does not look at religious strata. Th...

Development sociology as a distinct area of study gained prominence in the post-world war era with the evolving interest in political and economic progression of the post-colonial world. The emerging discipline from the mainstream sociology have been particularly interested in development paths and strategies adopted in nations in the various regions of the world with greater emphasis in develo...

Even as rational choice theory is increasingly used in sociology, ¢nding its way into such diverse subdisciplines as the sociology of the family, religion, gender, crime, race, strati¢cation, and economic sociology, it remains hotly contested. It has spurred a rancorous debate that, at its worst, ‘‘degenerates into a caricatured contrast between a cold and calculating egoist engaged at the brea...