Religion and Sociology

Balmer, Randall Herbert. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: a Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2006.

Berger, Peter L. The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion. New York: Anchor, 1990.

Douglas, Mary. Natural Symbols; Explorations in Cosmology. New York: Pantheon, 1970.

Lincoln, Bruce. Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2003.

Smith, Christian, and Patricia Snell. Souls in Transition: the Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2009.

Wuthnow, Robert. After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2007.

Wuthnow, Robert. Christianity in the 21st Century: Reflections on the Challenges A head. New York: Oxford UP, 1993.

Wuthnow, Robert. Rediscovering the Sacred: Perspectives on Religion in Contemporary Society. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1992.

Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith since World War II. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1988.

Emergent / Emerging Church (yes, I do a lot of reading on this movement).

Carson, D. A. Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church: Understanding a Movement and Its Implications. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005.

Erdman, Chris. “Digging Up the Past.” Ed. Tony Jones. An Emergent Manifesto of Hope. Ed. Doug Pagitt. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007.

Gibbs, Eddie, and Ryan K. Bolger. Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005.

Jones, Tony. Postmodern Youth Ministry: Exploring Cultural Shift, Creating Holistic Connections, Cultivating Authentic Community. Grand Rapids, MI: Youth Specialties, 2001.

Jones, Tony. The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2008.

Kimball, Dan. “Humble Theology.” Ed. Tony Jones. An Emergent Manifesto of Hope. Ed. Doug Pagitt. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007. 237-24.

Kimball, Dan. The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003.

McLaren, Brian. “Church Emerging.” Ed. Tony Jones. An Emergent Manifesto of Hope. Ed. Doug Pagitt. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007.

Pagitt, Doug, and Tony Jones. An Emergent Manifesto of Hope. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007.

Pagitt, Doug. A Christianity worth Believing: Hope-filled, Open-armed, A live-and-well Faith for the Left Out, Left Behind, and Let down in Us All. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2008.

Pagitt, Doug. Church in the Inventive Age. Minneapolis: Sparkhouse, 2010.

Pagitt, Doug. Church Re-imagined: the Spiritual Formation of People in Communities of Faith. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005.

Selmanovic, Samir. “The Sweet Problem of Inclusiveness.” Ed. Tony Jones. An Emergent Manifesto of Hope. Ed. Doug Pagitt. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007. 189-212.

Webber, Robert, John Burke, Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, Karen M. Ward, and Mark Driscoll. Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectives. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2007.