Andrew Singleton, PhD, is a sociologist in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, Australia. His research interests in the sociology of religion include secularisation, youth religion, personal belief and alternative religions. Singleton has published extensively in these areas both nationally and internationally. He is co-author (with Michael Mason and Ruth Webber) of the book The Spirit of Generation Y: Young People's Spirituality in a Changing Australia (2007).

Introduction: Religion, Culture and Society
PART ONE: MAKING SENSE OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS CHANGE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
What Is Religion and Spirituality?
Modern Times: Classical Approaches in the Social Scientific Study of Religion
Twentieth-century Challenges, twentieth-century Thinkers
Towards Contemporary Theorizing: Secularization, the Religious Economy and Globalization
Studying Contemporary Religion: Methods and Data
PART TWO: WINDS OF CHANGE: RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD
Post-Christian Nations? Christianitys Decline in Great Britain, Australia and Canada
One Nation under God? American Exceptionalism
Christian Vitality? Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America
Buddhism and Hinduism in a Globalized World
The Rise of the Global Ummah? Recent Trends in Islam
Lived Religion in Everyday Life
The End of Religion? The New Atheism and Secularism
The Future of Religion? Young People, Religion and Spirituality