Toward a Theory of Religious Organizations
Four dimensions of variation in religious organizations are identified: bureaucratization, professionalization, integration, secularization. The religious organization is conceptualized as an open system within which structural arrangements are determined by structural compatibility, direction of ex...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1971]
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| In: |
Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1971, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 138-151 |
| Further subjects: | B
Insulation
B Clerics B Social issues B Popes B Communities B Secularization B Seminary B Pastors |
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| Summary: | Four dimensions of variation in religious organizations are identified: bureaucratization, professionalization, integration, secularization. The religious organization is conceptualized as an open system within which structural arrangements are determined by structural compatibility, direction of external pressure, and exposure to external pressure. Bureaucratic structure is incompatible with professional structure; professional structure is compatible with integration and secularization, while bureaucratic structure is incompatible with those dimensions. Pressures toward bureaucratization and professionalization are located in denominations. Pressures toward integration and secularization are located in communities. Exposure to external pressures involves power-dependence relations (affecting denominational sources) and membership heterogeneity (affecting community sources). |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1385302 |