Sociology of religion in America : a history of a secular fascination with religion /
Blasi, Anthony J.
Sociology of religion in America : a history of a secular fascination with religion / by Anthony J. Blasi. - 1 online resource. - Numen book series : studies in the history of religions, v. 145 0169-8834 ; . - Numen Book Series 145. Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Author’s Introduction / 1 Doctoral Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895–1959 / 2 Articles in the Sociology of Religion, 1964–1984 / 3 Community Studies and the Sociology of Religion / 4 Research Organizations / 5 Professional Associations / 6 Observations / Appendix I / Appendix II / References / Name Index / Subject Index / Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi.
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.
9789004271036
10.1163/9789004271036 DOI
2014003299
Religion and sociology--United States.
BL60 / .B535 2014
306.6072/073
Sociology of religion in America : a history of a secular fascination with religion / by Anthony J. Blasi. - 1 online resource. - Numen book series : studies in the history of religions, v. 145 0169-8834 ; . - Numen Book Series 145. Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Author’s Introduction / 1 Doctoral Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895–1959 / 2 Articles in the Sociology of Religion, 1964–1984 / 3 Community Studies and the Sociology of Religion / 4 Research Organizations / 5 Professional Associations / 6 Observations / Appendix I / Appendix II / References / Name Index / Subject Index / Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi -- Anthony J. Blasi.
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.
9789004271036
10.1163/9789004271036 DOI
2014003299
Religion and sociology--United States.
BL60 / .B535 2014
306.6072/073