M J Neitz

Biographic Data

ID94139
NAMEM J Neitz
GIVEN NAMESM J
FAMILY NAMENeitz
SIGNATURENEITZ M J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Missouri
ORCID0000-0002-7831-542X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS67
TOTAL CITATIONS97
AUTHOR COUNT67
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX5

  • Religion and Magic through Feminist Lenses

    M J Neitz, Marion S GoldmanCHAPTERWitch Studies Reader2025

    Sociology of religion continues to debate ongoing disappearing religiosity in a complex global world. This chapter disrupts the religion-secular binary by centering on magic and recognizing the personal and social impacts of witchcraft, local celebrations and rituals, astrology, tarot, and other forms of divination. Binary assumptions about relations between contemporary institutionalized religion and vernacular spirituality obscure the many ways…

  • Religion and Magic through Feminist Lenses

    M J Neitz, Marion S GoldmanCHAPTERWitch Studies Reader2025

  • What is Cultural Sociology

    Open AccessM J NeitzARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2021Cited by: 3References: 2

  • Gender

    M J NeitzCHAPTERThe Sage Encyclopedia of the…2020

  • Peter M. Hall: A Remembrance

    M J NeitzARTICLESociological Quarterly2018References: 1

  • Cartographies of Knowledge: Exploring Qualitative Epistemologies

    Open AccessM J NeitzARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2014

  • Doing advocacy from a feminist standpoint

    M J NeitzARTICLEReligion2014Cited by: 2References: 32

    Feminist Standpoint theory contends that all research is partial, located, and interested. It argues that research should start from the standpoint of the disadvantaged and work toward social change. Following a brief exploration of the perspective, this article explores some of the ways that feminists pursue advocacy. The article reviews two methodological approaches employed by Feminist Standpoint researchers: Community Action Research and Inst…

  • Becoming Visible: Religion and Gender in Sociology

    M J NeitzARTICLESociology of Religion2014Cited by: 10References: 9

    The European men canonized as the founders of sociology sought to explain the societal shifts they associated with modernization including urbanization, the development of bureaucracy, and the emergence of the nation state. In this essay, I suggest how developing theoretical and methodological tools have gone hand in hand with social changes and new questions about the place of religion in contemporary society to make religion more visible in the…

  • Religion on the Move! New Dynamics of Religious Expansion in a Globalizing World

    M J NeitzARTICLESociology of Religion2014

    Journal Article Religion on the Move! New Dynamics of Religious Expansion in a Globalizing World Get access Religion on the Move! New Dynamics of Religious Expansion in a Globalizing World, edited by AFE ADOGAME and SHOBANA SHANKAR. Leiden: Brill, 2013, 468 pp.; $203.00 USD (cloth). Mary Jo Neitz Mary Jo Neitz University of Missouri [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion,…

  • Insiders, outsiders, advocates and apostates and the religions they study: Location and the sociology of religion

    Open AccessM J NeitzARTICLECritical Research on Religion2013Cited by: 4References: 15

    Awareness of how researchers' locations and sympathies influence their research agendas and outcomes has long been a topic for methodological consideration. This article complicates that question by considering the position of the researcher in relation to the position in society of the religions researched, and asks whether what we understand as constituting criticism or advocacy varies depending on whether the religions in question are powerful…

  • Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances

    M J NeitzARTICLEJournal of American Ethnic History2011

    Book Review| July 01 2011 Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances. By Andrea Smith. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008. xxxix + 356 pp. Appendices, index, and bibliography. $84.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper). Mary Jo Neitz Mary Jo Neitz University of Missouri Search for other works by this author on: This Site Googl…

  • Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches

    M J Neitz, Maureen NeitzARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2010Cited by: 3

  • Association for the Sociology of Religion Presidential Address * Encounters in the Heartland: What Studying Rural Churches Taught Me about Working across Differences

    M J NeitzARTICLESociology of Religion2009Cited by: 2References: 6

    Journal Article 2008 Association for the Sociology of Religion Presidential AddressEncounters in the Heartland: What Studying Rural Churches Taught Me about Working across Differences Get access Mary Jo Neitz Mary Jo Neitz University of Missouri E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 70, Issue 4, WINTER 2009, Pages 343–361, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/s…

  • Awesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Churches of Christ

    Open AccessM J NeitzARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2007References: 1

  • Coming out in Christianity: Religion, Identity and Community

    M J Neitz, Melissa M WilcoxARTICLESociology of Religion2005

    Journal Article Coming out in Christianity: Religion, Identity and Community, by Melissa M. Wilcox. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003, 232 pp.; $55.00 USD (cloth), $22.95 USD (paper) Get access Mary Jo Neitz Mary Jo Neitz University of Missouri-Columbia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 66, Issue 3, Fall 2005, Pages 333–334, https://doi.org/10.2307/4153109 Published: 0…

  • Reflections on Religion and Place: Rural Churches and American Religion

    Open AccessM J NeitzARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…2005Cited by: 2References: 4

  • Gender and Culture: Challenges to the Sociology of Religion

    M J NeitzARTICLESociology of Religion2004Cited by: 13

    Journal Article Gender and Culture: Challenges to the Sociology of Religion Get access Mary Jo Neitz Mary Jo Neitz * University of Missouri *Direct all correspondence to: Mary Neitz, Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 4, Winter 2004, Pages 391–402, https://d…

  • Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion

    M J Neitz, Michael YorkARTICLESociology of Religion2004

  • Dis/location: Engaging Feminist Inquiry in the Sociology of Religion

    Open AccessM J NeitzCHAPTERHandbook of the Sociology of…2003

    The impact of feminism and feminist scholarship on the field of sociology has been much debated. This essay extends that debate to the sociology of religion and spirituality. I argue that those women sociologists who identified with the women's movement experienced a dislocation when they tried to move between their experiences as women and their experiences in the world of sociology. This chapter emphasizes one response, the call for a sociology…

  • Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

    Open AccessRobert Wuthnow, Robert Ν Bellah et al.BOOKHandbook of the Sociology of…2003Cited by: 7

    This Handbook showcases research and thinking in the sociology of religion. The contributors, all active writers and researchers in the area, provide original chapters focusing on select aspects of their own engagement with the field. Aimed at students and scholars who want to know more about the sociology of religion, this handbook also provides a resource for sociologists in general by integrating broader questions of sociology (e.g. demography…

  • Feminist Narratives and the Sociology of Religion

    Kathryn Mcphillips, Kathleen Mcphillips et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2003

    Chapter 1 Introduction 2 Making the Sacred Safe: Woman Abuse and Communities of Faith 3 Queering the Dragonfest: Changing Sexualities in a Post-Patriarchal Religion 4 Women and Clergywomen 5 Studying Close to the Home: The Intersection of Life and Work 6 Hidden Truths and Cultures of Secrecy: Reflections on Gender and Ethnicity in the Study of Religion 7 Women Clergy Research and the Sociology of Religion 8 Women's Spirituality Research: Doing Fe…

  • Progress and Cumulation in the Sociology of Religion: A Symposium

    Open AccessM Chaves, N J Demerath et al.ARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…2003References: 10

    Mark Chaves: Introduction to the Symposium N.J. Demerath III: Diagnosing the Reverend Dr. Dumpty “After the Fall” Mary Jo Neitz: Eve, Lilith, and the Sociology of Religion: Comments on Zald Robert Wuthnow: Practice and Progress in the Study of Religion Mayer N. Zald: Where Are We in the Sociological Study of Religion? Continuing the Conversation

  • Wolves within the Fold: Religious Leadership and the Abuses of Power

    M J Neitz, Anson ShupeARTICLESociology of Religion2002

    Journal Article Wolves within the Fold: Religious Leadership and the Abuses of Power, edited by Anson Shupe. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press 1998. 245pp. $20.00 (paper), $59.00 (cloth) Get access Mary Jo Neitz Mary Jo Neitz University of Missouri, Columbia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 63, Issue 2, Summer 2002, Pages 261–262, https://doi.org/10.2307/3712573 Publi…

  • Queering the Dragonfest: Changing Sexualities in a Post-Patriarchal Religion

    M J NeitzARTICLESociology of Religion2000Cited by: 12

    Journal Article Queering the Dragonfest: Changing Sexualities in a Post-Patriarchal Religion Get access Mary Jo Neitz Mary Jo Neitz * University of Missouri * Direct correspondence to Mary Jo Neitz, Department of Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 1100, e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 61, Issue 4, Winter 2000, Pages 369–391, http…

  • The Mainline Sidelined: The Sociology of Religion Unbound

    Open AccessM J NeitzARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…2000Cited by: 3

    This paper examines an expanding focus in the content of what members of SSSR study and show how this change is reflected in the publications in the journal. I offer four factors that might effect what we study: changes in the world, changes in who we are, changes in funding sources, and changes in the theoretical frames. I discuss the 'cultural turn' as new theoretical frame, which has had important implications for the study of religion. 1 then…