Religion and Inequality in America : Research and Theory on Religion's Role in Stratification (Hardcover)

Foreword N. J. Demerath; Introduction Lisa A. Keister and Darren E. Sherkat; Part I. Education: 1. Nonaffiliation and socioeconomic status: differences in education and income between atheists and agnostics and 'nothing in particulars' Rebekah Peeples Massengill; 2. Religion, gender, and educational attainment among US immigrants: evidence from the new immigrant survey Nadia Amin and Darren E. Sherkat; 3. Intersectionality and identity: an exploration of Arab-American women Jen'nan Ghazal Read and David Eagle; Part II. Income, Wealth, and the Labor Market: 4. Conservative protestantism, normative pathways, and adult attainment Scott T. Fitzgerald and Jennifer L. Glass; 5. Religion and wealth mobility: the case of American Latinos Lisa A. Keister and E. Paige Borelli; 6. The labor market behavior of married women with young children in the US: have differences by religion disappeared? Evelyn L. Lehrer and Yu Chen; Part III. Attitudes, Cultural Capital, and Power: 7. Religion and gender inequality: from attitudes to practices John P. Bartkowski and Sarah Shah; 8. Religious stratification and social reproduction Ralph E. Pyle and James D. Davidson; 9. God in the corner office? How religion advances and inhibits professional mobility in the higher circles D. Michael Lindsay; 10. The religious affiliations of ivy league presidents 1636?2012 Deborah L. Coe and James D. Davidson; Part IV. Health and Well-being: 11. The association between religiousness and psychological well-being among older adults: is there an educational gradient? Christopher G. Ellison, Scott H. Schieman and Matt Bradshaw; 12. Does believing or belonging have a greater protective effect on stressful life events among young adults? Margarita Mooney, Lin Wang, Jason Freeman and Matt Bradshaw; 13. Faith, jobs, money, and happiness during the great recession, 2006?10 Michael Hout and Orestes P. Hastings; Part V. Inequality and Religion: 14. Reversing the arrow? Economic inequality's effect on religiosity Frederick Solt.