This reader for students of graduate programs contains translations of many classical and modern sociologists. Apart from works by sociologists, there are extracts from books by historians, philosophers, and psychologists which are necessary for understanding marginal problems in the sociology of religion. The book includes pieces by the Russian theologians N.M. Nikol"skii, S. Frank, and S. Bulgakov (1871-1944). Supplements contain biographical sketches of the authors and a chapter on religion and religious organizations in modern Russia.