Sects and Churches, Conservatives and Liberals: Shades of Max Weber in the Sociology of Religion in America, 1904–1993
This paper traces the development of the sociology of religion in the United States over the course of this century. A central dynamic in this development stems from Weber’s ideal type distinction between church and sect. In the first half of the century these categories oriented work on religious i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
1999
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 1999, Volume: 6, Pages: 1-33 |
| Further subjects: | B
History of religion studies
B Social sciences B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | This paper traces the development of the sociology of religion in the United States over the course of this century. A central dynamic in this development stems from Weber’s ideal type distinction between church and sect. In the first half of the century these categories oriented work on religious institutions. After mid-century a focus on values consensus led to research on the socially integrative church. New religious movements in the 1960s and 1970s led to an emphasis on the subjective meaningfulness of sect-like religiosity. A new awareness of history in the 1980s returned attention to a polar conception, though the terms had changed from sect and church to conservatives and liberals. The most recent innovations begin to reunite the historical, organizational, and social psychological concerns that interested Weber. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004493285_003 |