The Practical Sociologist: Role and Performance of Pastoral Sociologists in the West German Catholic Church, 1945–1970
The article is discussing the practical work of pastoral sociologists in the West German Catholic Church from 1945 to 1970. In this context the distinction between “consultant,” “practitioner,” and “researcher in a practical setting,” can be used to highlight different sets of values, forms of engag...
| Published in: | Journal of religion in Europe |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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| In: |
Journal of religion in Europe
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Germany (Bundesrepublik)
/ Catholic church
/ Church work
/ Sociology
/ History 1945-1970
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBB German language area KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
pastoral sociology
opinion polling
organizations research
Catholic Church
Second Vatican Council
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| Summary: | The article is discussing the practical work of pastoral sociologists in the West German Catholic Church from 1945 to 1970. In this context the distinction between “consultant,” “practitioner,” and “researcher in a practical setting,” can be used to highlight different sets of values, forms of engagement, and conceptual approaches to sociological work in the church. Using one specific example for each of the three types, this article argues that pastoral sociology during the 1960s was increasingly self-reflexive, and that different notions of “sociological enlightenment” were an important part of pastoral sociology, in the wake of the contestation of “1968”. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-00902007 |