Move over, Murphy: Some “Laws” of the Sociology of Religion

Engineers are familiar with Murphy's Law, “If anything can go wrong, it will” Sociologists of religion have developed several laws that summarize empirical generalizations about their field of inquiry. This comment discusses seven of these laws: Thorne's Law of Church Decision Making, Hans...

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Main Author: Silverman, William (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 1993
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 1993, Volume: 54, Issue: 4, Pages: 421-425
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