sociology of religion

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sociology
noun[U]
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/ˌsəʊ.siˈɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/ˌsoʊ.siˈɑː.lə.dʒi/
the study of the relationships between people living in groups, especially in ...
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religion
noun
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/rɪˈlɪdʒ.ən/us
/rɪˈlɪdʒ.ən/
the belief in and worship of a god or gods, or any such system of belief ...
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Weber wrote this document in 1920, apparently intending it to serve as the introduction for a projected series on thesociologyofreligion.
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This perhaps could be linked with the study of thesociologyofreligionin our own country and the philosophy of religion as such.
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I recommend this book for classes in organizations,sociologyofreligion, psychology of religion, group dynamics and related subjects.
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He is primarily interested insociologyofreligionand ethics.
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He has published widely on thesociologyofreligion.
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Zablocki further alleges that brainwashing has been unfairly blacklisted from the academic journals ofsociologyofreligion.
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Whereas thesociologyofreligionbroadly differs from theology in assuming the invalidity of the supernatural, theorists tend to acknowledge socio-cultural reification of religious practise.
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She has authored, co-authored, edited and contributed to many books and articles dealing with the study andsociologyofreligion.
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Thesociologyofreligionsaw a renaissance in the decade with new debates on secularisation thesis, globalization, and the very definition of religious practise.
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His primary area of teaching and research issociologyofreligion, with a specialization in religious movements especially new religious movements.
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Early in her career she wrote a widely-used text on contemporary sociological theory before shifting her research focus to thesociologyofreligion.
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In thesociologyofreligion, the most widely used classification is the church-sect typology.
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His work is primarily focused on immigration andsociologyofreligion.
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Thesociologyofreligionalso deals with how religion impacts society regarding the positive and negatives of what happens when religion is mixed with society.
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The contemporarysociologyofreligionmay also encompass the sociology of irreligion (for instance, in the analysis of secular humanist belief systems).
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During his career, he taught and published in several different fields of sociology and social problems, but his work in thesociologyofreligionwas ultimately the most visible.
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Stark was internationally recognized for work in thesociologyofreligion, social theory, and sociology of knowledge.
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There he studied thesociologyofreligionand prepared a book on the phenomenon of totalitarian ideology and on the spiritual dynamics of resistance against it.
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Landres's work on ethnographic methodology has been cited in handbooks for the study of thesociologyofreligion.
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His speciality was thesociologyofreligion.
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