The Commitment Dimension
With the end of hostility between sociology and organized religion came a new, perhaps equally serious, obstacle to a thorough analysis of the institution of religion. As they left their polemics behind, sociologists tended to limit their study to the quantifiable aspects of religion rather than the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1970
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1970, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 203-208 |
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| Summary: | With the end of hostility between sociology and organized religion came a new, perhaps equally serious, obstacle to a thorough analysis of the institution of religion. As they left their polemics behind, sociologists tended to limit their study to the quantifiable aspects of religion rather than the “meaning” of it, to description rather than to understanding and explanation. We must move on from the analytic levels of religious identification and participation to that of commitment, for it is here that the religious factor becomes most relevant to social behavior; and in so doing, we must structure our research to cope with this difficult dimension. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3710089 |