Readings in the Sociology of Religion: The Commonwealth and International Library: Readings in Sociology

Readings in the Sociology of Religion: The Commonwealth and International Library: Readings in Sociology

TABLE OF CONTENTS: * PART I: Introduction by Joan Brothers; * PART II: WHAT IS THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION?: 1.) What is the Sociology of Religion? by P. H. Vrijhof -- 2.) The Sociology of Religion in England by J. A. Banks ------ * PART III: RELIGION AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY: 3.) The Theoretical Development of the Sociology of Religion by T. Parsons -- 4.) Weber's Sociological Theory, and the Modern Dilemma of Value and Belief in the Social Sciences by Lord Simey -- 5.) Objectivity in Research in the Sociology of Religion by E. Vogt ------ * PART IV: TYPES OF RESEARCH: * PART IVa: RELIGIOUS SOCIOLOGY: 6.) Religious Sociology and Science of Religions by G. Le Bras -- 7.) Religious Sociology and its Aims by E. Poulat -- 8.) The Role of Reference Groups in the Integration of Religious Attitudes by H. Carrier ------ * PART IVb: INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS: 9.) The Urban Parish as a Social Group by J. H. Fichter ------ * PART IVc: RELIGION AND SOCIETY: 10) Religion in a Secularized Society by W. Herberg -- 11.) Religion's Impact on Secular Institutions by G. Lenski ------ * Biographical Notes.