Matters of the Dark
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2020
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2020
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Most social problems textbooks present problems solely from the conflict theorist approach.
Matters of the Dark provides a more balanced approach to understanding and offering learned advice on social problems. In addition to providing students with the “What is it?” and “Who did it?” aspects surrounding social problems, the publication provides clear, scientifically-sound, biblically evident perspective on how to solve the social problems discussed.
Of course, most social problems cannot be solved quickly, but this book provides at least some insights toward a remedy. Speaking of which, I have also included contributions from experts in various capacities in society—deans, chairs, and directors but also missionaries, retirees, and graduate business majors.
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Sociological Problems Introduction
2 Cynicism and Imagination
3 Deviance
4 Prostitution
5 Drugs and Alcohol
6 Crime
7 Wealth
8 Poverty
9 Globalization and Leadership
10 Race
11 Gender
12 Homosexuality
13 Physical and Mental Illness
14 Family and Ageism
15 Warfare
Contributors
General Index
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.