General concepts and domain-specific concepts: an argument about the study of religion in sociology

General concepts that illuminate topics across subfields are highly valued in sociology. Because the discipline encompasses a large number of diverse subfields, though, many of the concepts that are most useful within subfields are domain-specific. In practice, a dialectical relationship exists betw...

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Main Author: Wuthnow, Robert 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2014]
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 75, Issue: 4, Pages: 594-606
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sociology / Religious sociology
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
ZB Sociology
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