Some Social Functions of Religion in Rural Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2201228 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John F Embree (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1941 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 184-189 |
| Publication date | 1941-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/218842 |
| OpenAlex | W1987759176 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In order to understand the religion of a society it is necessary to understand the social and economic organization of that society. In this study of a Japanese peasant community it is noted that those things which are of greatest social value to the community enter into its religious beliefs. Further, the religious life served to strengthen the social relations of the group involved and to emphasize the interdependence of the individual and the group
Economics · Order (exchange) · Peasant · Political science · Politics · Rural community · Social group · Social life · Social order · Social organization · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1951 - 1960 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |