TY - JOUR
AU - Nason-Clark, Nancy
AB - In the part of the world where I live and work, Spring is associated with the thawing of snow and the ending of classes. For many religious believers, it is associated with renewal. Revitalizing the ground, or re-invigorating our ideolo- gies -- both are connected to the transition between winter and summer. We hope that our readers will find articles in this issue that provide intellectual stimulation and renewal. This issue leads off with a reflection on the role of ethnographic allegory in the debate over crypto-Jews in New Mexico. It touches upon a number of key issues in the social scientific study of religion, with the relationship between claim making and historicd evidence but one example. Under the title, Reli~on and Social Support, are two articles that consider the tole of congregations and faith-based coalitions in offering social and/or material support to men and women in the community. Is there a relationship between religion, gender and weUness? What role do faith-based coalitions play in the provision of social services? The final two papers included in this issue focus on aspects of the social construction of the lives of women by religious organizations. From religious exemplars of the thirteenth-century 
TI - From the Editor, Nancy Nason-Clark
JO - Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review
DO - 10.1093/socrel/63.1.iii
DA - 2002-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/from-the-editor-nancy-nason-clark-d4xcUsC8r6
SP - iii
EP - iii
VL - 63
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -