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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Main Author: Lawson, Matthew P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 1999
In: 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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