Religion as Social Control: Parsons and Foucault

In sociology and criminology, a consensus has emerged since the 1980s that there exist three basic forms of social control: informal, legal, and medical. However, Talcott Parsons developed a typology of social control that added a fourth type, namely religious control, which was needed to maintain c...

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Main Author: Chriss, James J. 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2020]
In: Interdisciplinary journal of research on religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 16, Pages: 1-46
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Parsons, Talcott 1902-1979 / Foucault, Michel 1926-1984 / Religion / Social control
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
ZB Sociology
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