TY - BOOK ID - 4787750 TI - Sociology of religion in America PY - 2014 VL - 145 SN - 9789004271005 9789004271036 9004271031 9004271007 1306584787 PB - Leiden DB - UniCat KW - Religion and sociology KW - Sociologie religieuse KW - United States KW - Etats-Unis KW - Religion. KW - Religion KW - 316:2 <73> KW - Godsdienstsociologie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA KW - 316:2 <73> Godsdienstsociologie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA KW - Religion and sociology - United States KW - United States - Religion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4787750 AB - 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. ER -