ISBN:
9789004271005
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (275 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Numen Book Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Sociology of Religion in America : A History of a Secular Fascination with Religion
DDC:
306.6072
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Sociology of Religion in America tells the story of the controversies involved in the development of a scientific specialty that often makes news in America. The evidence it presents runs contrary to the many myths about the field
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Society between Sanctity and Secularity: An Introduction; Author's Introduction; Chapter 1 Doctoral Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895-1959; Theoretical and Conceptual Citations in Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion; Who Were Cited as Sociologists of Religion?; Number of Sociology of Religion Citations in the Dissertations; Methods of Data Collection and Analysis Used in the Dissertations; Traditions and Denominations Under Study; Chapter 2 Articles in the Sociology of Religion, 1964-1984; Universities Granting Doctorates to the Authors
Description / Table of Contents:
How Consolidated Were the Locations for Publishing?Classical Sociological Theory in the Articles; Citations of Theorists Other than the Classical Theorists; Citing Sociologists of Religion; Theoretical Paradigms and Topics; Methods of Data Collection; Methods of Data Analysis; What Religions Were Being Studied?; Specialties Other Than Sociology of Religion; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Community Studies and the Sociology of Religion; Earliest Studies; Earliest University-Based Studies; Jewish Community Studies; Middletown; Studies of Sects; Mill Towns in the Piedmont; Different Cultures
Description / Table of Contents:
Rural American CommunitiesReligion and Community Division; Urban Studies; Overview; Chapter 4 Research Organizations; United States Bureau of the Census; W.E.B. DuBois and the Atlanta Studies; The Interchurch World Movement; Committee on Social and Religious Surveys; Institute of Social and Religious Research; Bureau of Applied Social Research; Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley; U.S. Department of Agriculture; University of Michigan Survey Research Center/Detroit Area Study; Howard W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science; The National Opinion Research Center
Description / Table of Contents:
Bureau of Social and Religious Research, Garrett Biblical InstituteOther Agencies; Chapter 5 Professional Associations; American Catholic Sociological Society; Association for the Sociology of Religion; Religious Research Association; Society for the Scientific Study of Religion; International Society for the Sociology of Religion; Research Committee 22 of the International Sociological Association; Association for the Scientific Study of Jewry; Summary Overview; Chapter 6 Observations; Appendix I American Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895-1959
Description / Table of Contents:
Dissertations Included in the StudyDissertations Unavailable for the Study; Appendix II Origins of the American Catholic Sociological Society and the American Catholic Sociological Review; References; Name Index; Subject Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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