books.google.com - This fully updated Fifth Edition helps students understand and apply the theories and research methods of the sociology of religion. While the authors cover the major theoretical paradigms of the field and employ various middle-range theories to explore specific processes, they use the open systems model...http://books.google.com/books/about/Religion_in_Sociological_Perspective.html?id=O6j6joobFCIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareReligion in Sociological Perspective