Sociology of Religion in America

A History of a Secular Fascination with Religion
approx. 261 pp.
ISBN: 978-90-04-27100-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 145, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

Reihe: Numen Book Series

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. Sometimes viewed by scholars as a backwater, actual evidence from the 1890s to the 1980s shows that sociology of religion had a steady presence in sociology all along. Seen as a force alien to religion by some, it was actually in a mutually supportive relationship with religious organizations.

Examining dissertations dating from 1895 to 1959 and scientific articles from the 1960s to the 1980s, Anthony J. Blasi discovers who the major sociologists of religion were and what they did. He traces the field’s previously unknown tradition in community studies, the exigencies of the research institutes, and dramatic changes in the professional associations

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blasi, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction (by William H. Swatos Jr.)
Author’s Introduction
Ch. 1. Doctoral Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895-1959.
Ch. 2. Articles in the Sociology of Religion, 1964-1984.
Ch. 3. Religion in American Community Studies.
Ch. 4. Research Organizations.
Ch. 5. Professional Associations
Ch. 6. Observations
Appendix I: List of American Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895-1959.
Appendix II: Origins of the American Catholic Society and the American Catholic
Sociological Review
References

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony J. Blasi, Ph.D. (1974), Notre Dame, Th.D. (1986), Regis College/University of Toronto, is Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at San Antonio and former President of the Association for the Sociology of Religion.