03441nam 2200613 450 991045395650332120200903223051.090-04-27103-1(CKB)2550000001266065(EBL)1673626(SSID)ssj0001212926(PQKBManifestationID)11806998(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001212926(PQKBWorkID)11228492(PQKB)11410548(MiAaPQ)EBC1673626(nllekb)BRILL9789004271036(PPN)178930245(Au-PeEL)EBL1673626(CaPaEBR)ebr10858333(CaONFJC)MIL589729(OCoLC)876857925(EXLCZ)99255000000126606520140430h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrSociology of religion in America a history of a secular fascination with religion /by Anthony J. BlasiLeiden, The Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Koninklijke Brill,2014.©20141 online resource (275 p.)Numen Book Series,0169-8834 ;Volume 145Description based upon print version of record.90-04-27100-7 1-306-58478-7 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Preliminary Material /Anthony J. Blasi --Author’s Introduction /Anthony J. Blasi --1 Doctoral Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895–1959 /Anthony J. Blasi --2 Articles in the Sociology of Religion, 1964–1984 /Anthony J. Blasi --3 Community Studies and the Sociology of Religion /Anthony J. Blasi --4 Research Organizations /Anthony J. Blasi --5 Professional Associations /Anthony J. Blasi --6 Observations /Anthony J. Blasi --Appendix I /Anthony J. Blasi --Appendix II /Anthony J. Blasi --References /Anthony J. Blasi --Name Index /Anthony J. Blasi --Subject Index /Anthony J. Blasi.Sociology of Religion in America tells the story of the controversies involved in the development of a scientific specialty that often makes news in America. The evidence it presents runs contrary to the many myths about the field. Sometimes viewed by scholars as a backwater, actual evidence from the 1890's to the 1980's shows that sociology of religion had a steady presence in sociology all along. Seen as a force alien to religion by some, it was actually in a mutually supportive relationship with religious organizations. Examining dissertations dating from 1895 to 1959 and scientific articles from the 1960's to the 1980's, Anthony J. Blasi discovers who the major sociologists of religion were and what they did. He traces the field’s previously unknown tradition in community studies, the exigencies of the research institutes, and dramatic changes in the professional associations.Studies in the history of religions ;Volume 145.Religion and sociologyUnited StatesElectronic books.Religion and sociology306.6072/073Blasi Anthony J.864303United States,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453956503321Sociology of religion in America1929243UNINA