Liberalism and Rationalism in Modern Theology: The Sociological Hypothesis
Ordinarily the relationship between theology and sociology is that liberalism has provided conceptual resources while rationalism is largely ignored. This exploration seeks a conception of modern theology that will be more useful for sociological thought. The first task is to demarcate the contours...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1987
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Review of religious research
Year: 1987, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-43 |
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| Summary: | Ordinarily the relationship between theology and sociology is that liberalism has provided conceptual resources while rationalism is largely ignored. This exploration seeks a conception of modern theology that will be more useful for sociological thought. The first task is to demarcate the contours of liberalism and rationalism as these emerged from modern religious conflict. The second is to link liberalism and rationalism to social processes of communication via a modified Darwinian strategy applied to the arguments of Gouldner and Shils. The hypothesis will be proposed that: liberal and rationalist mutations are selected from a universal crisis in rationalist orthodoxies; thereafter, social processes and structures of communication further select rationalism into, respectively, peripheral and central media of communication. A research program to test this hypothesis is outlined. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511950 |