The Sociology of Religion Book

Despite being a bit of a rant and being slightly dated, this is generally a good book. McCutcheon's frustrations are helpful in historically narrating the trials and tribulations of the field of religious studies and in many cases remain relevant. I find the late chapters on film and creating an intro class unhelpful for contemporary classrooms and he misunderstands Carl Raschke, only citing one short essay (dated even for when McCutheon cites it) without attention to his large amount of published works. But all and all, I agree with much of what McCutheon has to say about theory, not just for religious studying but literary studies as well.