Prefatory Findings in the Sociology of Missions
Sociological aspects of missionary activity are analyzed via a review of relevant literature. Two major strategies are identified, one oriented mainly toward social systems and the other toward individuals; the strategies appear to be associated with variations in the parent institution and the cong...
| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1967]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Cultural Anthropology
B African Christianity B Proselytizing missions B Christian missionaries B Anxiety B Catholicism B Social Systems B Psychological Stress B Social Psychology |
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| Summary: | Sociological aspects of missionary activity are analyzed via a review of relevant literature. Two major strategies are identified, one oriented mainly toward social systems and the other toward individuals; the strategies appear to be associated with variations in the parent institution and the congregation of converts. Missionary tactics relate in part to types of "opinion change" postulated social psychologically; tactics also are aimed at dealing with structural conflicts between native and foreign sociocultural systems. Receptivity to religious innovations is found to increase under conditions of disorganization, a finding which fits current theories of value-oriented social movements. Foreign churches often are rejected if their social organization is too dissimilar to native patterns; further, the indigenous social organization, especially the ranking and kinship systems, channels diffusion. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Comment on "Prefatory Findings in the Sociology of Missions" (1967)"
Kritik in "Comment on "Prefatory Findings in the Sociology of Missions" (1967)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1384194 |