Author Description

1. Introduction: On Sociological Self-reflection / Titus Hjelm And Phil Zuckerman -- 2. A Life In Religious Communities / Nancy T. Ammerman -- 3. Stranger In A Strange Land / William Sims Bainbridge -- 4. Doing Sociology: Confessions Of A Professional Stranger / Eileen Barker -- 5. Constructing Religion: Serendipity And Skepticism / James A. Beckford -- 6. Straddling Boundaries: Disciplines, Theories, Methods, And Continents / Peter Beyer -- 7. Work And Adventure: From Poetry To Sociology Of Religion / Irena Borowik -- 8. Unintended Consequences Biographical And Sociological / Steve Bruce -- 9. Serendipity In The Study Of Religion And Society / Mark Chaves -- 10. Thinking Sociologically About Religion: Discerning And Explaining Pattern / Grace Davie -- 11. Hurdling Over Borders: Reflections On My Intellectual Trajectory / Karel Dobbelaere -- 12. The Empiricist's Tale: Academic Wunderlust And The Comparative Imperative / Barry A. Kosmin -- 13. My Specific Form Of Disorientation / Robert A. Orsi -- 14. Engaged Faith; My Own And Of Those I Study / Wade Clark Roof -- 15. Studying Protestantism In A Catholic And Secular Context: Lessons For A Comparative Sociology Of Religion / Jean-paul Willaime -- 16. Side Roads And Detours: A Narrative Reconstruction About Studying Religion / Robert Wuthnow. Edited By Titus Hjelm And Phil Zuckerman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.