Despite the profound influence that religious organizations exert, religion occupies a curiously marginal place in organization theory. This volume aims to make available in one place existing knowledge on religion and organizations, encouraging more organization theorists to include religion as part of their research activities and agenda.

Religion and organization theory. Research in the sociology of organizations. Religion and organization theory. Copyright page. List of Contributors. Advisory Board. Taking religion seriously in the study of organizations. God on management: The world’s largest religions, the “theological turn,” and organization and management theory and practice. Religion in organizations: Cognition and behavior. Myths to work by: Redemptive self-narratives and generative agency for organizational change. Organizational form, structure, and religious organizations. Pastor practices in the era of megachurches: New organizational practices and forms for a changing institutional environment. Divine institution: Max Weber’s value spheres and institutional theory. Productive resistance: A study of change, emotions, and identity in the context of the Apostolic Visitation of U.S. women religious, 2008–2012. Serving two masters: Transformative resolutions to institutional contradictions. The devil’s advocate and the church: Building adaptable organizations. Organizing belief: Interfaith social change organizations in the religious-environmental movement. The institutional complexity of religious mutual funds: Appreciating the uniqueness of societal logics.