Religion on the Edge: De-Centering and Re-Centering the Sociology of Religion
For some time now, sociologists have raised the call for research that draws on non-Christian religion, as well as non-American and noncongregational sites. One explanation for the emphasis on American Christian congregational research is structural; biases in research can be traced to the geographi...
| Published in: | Sociology of religion |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Oxford Univ. Press
2014
|
| In: |
Sociology of religion
|
| Review of: | Religion on the edge (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Park, Jerry Z.)
Religion on the edge (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2013) (Park, Jerry Z.) |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
|
| Online Access: |
Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | For some time now, sociologists have raised the call for research that draws on non-Christian religion, as well as non-American and noncongregational sites. One explanation for the emphasis on American Christian congregational research is structural; biases in research can be traced to the geographic positions of major professional groups that study religion, the sources of funding for major research initiatives, and the kinds of data collection deemed reliable and generalizable. Overlooked, however, are the scholarly implications of these biases and the roots from which our paradigms originate. Religion on the Edge (RotE) engages these issues in what is perhaps a game-changing work in the social scientific study of religion. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/sru027 |