An Alliance for Progress: The Early Years of the Sociology of Religion in the United States
This paper examines the sociology of religion in this country from 1895 to 1929. Data based on a content analyses of all articles dealing with religion in sociology journals during this period are presented to confirm the domination of the specialty by religionists. The majority of those writing in...
| Published in: | Sociological analysis |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1981
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1981, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-46 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the sociology of religion in this country from 1895 to 1929. Data based on a content analyses of all articles dealing with religion in sociology journals during this period are presented to confirm the domination of the specialty by religionists. The majority of those writing in this area during this period were infused with the social gospel and saw sociology as a means for furthering their religious ideals. In their estimation, sociology was to be a practical discipline geared to social engineering rather than to the objective analysis of society. They were aided in their pursuits by secular sociologists with fervent moral concerns who, through ambivalent towards “christian sociologist,” saw them as allies in the struggle against conservative forces within the outside of academia. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3709700 |