Making the Work We Do More Relevant: Using Religion and Health as a Template
The academic landscape is changing rapidly. Significant cuts in grant funding and state appropriations for higher education are taking place. Moreover, colleges and universities are hiring more nontenured lecturers. In order to survive these challenges, the work of researchers in the sociology of re...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
[2015]
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 76, Issue: 1, Pages: 14-29 |
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| Summary: | The academic landscape is changing rapidly. Significant cuts in grant funding and state appropriations for higher education are taking place. Moreover, colleges and universities are hiring more nontenured lecturers. In order to survive these challenges, the work of researchers in the sociology of religion must speak more directly to the daily lives of average men and women. Unfortunately, a good deal of our research is virtually unknown outside the academy. Using research on social relationships in the church and health as a template, the goal of this address is to show one way to make the sociology of religion more relevant. Findings are presented from an ongoing nationwide survey of older adults. But even though this work takes a step in the right direct, it does not go far enough. Plans are provided for making this research more useful for enhancing the physical and mental health of average people. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/sru061 |