A Lexicon of Sociological Terms and Theorists provides a better, more comprehensible lexicon of terms and important people in the field of Sociology for students. People cannot learn if they are not provided with understandable explanations or descriptions, which is the main goal of this book. Thus, it utilizes uncomplicated, straightforward terms in the definitions. In addition, it includes a chapter on the sociology of religion has been integrated.
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Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Sociological Research
3 Culture
4 Socialization
5 Social Structure
6 Deviance and Crime
7 Social Class
8 Global Inequality
9 Gender and Age
10 Race and Ethnicity
11 Social Change
12 Religion
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John
Knox
John S. Knox is an associate professor of Sociology in the College of General Studies and an instructor of Apologetics in the Rawlings School of Divinity at Liberty University. He has taught Bible, Sociology, history, and religion for nearly two decades at several Christian universities in the Pacific Northwest and the East Coast, utilizing his PhD in Theology & Religion (Sociology), a MATS in Christian History & Thought, and a BA in History and English to help his students more fully understand what it meant to be a Christian in the past--and why it is still relevant in the present. He currently lives in Virginia with his wife and two sons.