Christian Sociology Explored: Structure, Agency, and Contingency

This exploratory paper argues that Christian sociology must account for the interplay between structure, agency, and contingency. The discussion is first grounded in a brief overview of both the development of sociology as a discipline in general and its inception in U.S. contexts in particular. In...

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Published in:Journal of sociology and Christianity
Main Author: Kim, Henry (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Graduate School [2017]
In: Journal of sociology and Christianity
Year: 2017, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 6-24
Further subjects:B Christian Sociology
B Social Networks
B complexity science
B Contingency
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