Social Research and the Churches
Some twenty years ago, the general theme for the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association focused on the ways in which various professions made use of sociologists and their research in pursuing the goals of their professions. Thus papers at that meeting described how sociologists con...
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| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
1986
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Review of religious research
Year: 1986, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-82 |
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| Summary: | Some twenty years ago, the general theme for the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association focused on the ways in which various professions made use of sociologists and their research in pursuing the goals of their professions. Thus papers at that meeting described how sociologists contributed to medical, educational, political and other institutions. I was invited to read a paper on how sociological research was used by religious groups. This paper was later published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion under the title "Uses of Sociology: By Religious Bodies" (Fukuyama, 1963). In 1984 this writer was invited by the Lilly Endowment to study the current status of organized social research in the churches, particularly as these activities were institutionalized in denominations, councils of churches and theological seminaries. This project provided a welcomed opportunity to bring the earlier study up-to-date and this paper is a summary of what was reported to the Lilly Endowment in 1985. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511338 |