Black Catholicism and the Spirit of Weber

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2275889
AutoresL L Hunt (0000-0001-9641-8556, University of Maryland, College Park), Janet G Hunt (University of Maryland)
Año1976
Volumen17
Número3
Páginas369-377
Fecha de publicación1976-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1533-8525.1976.tb00990.x
OpenAlexW2032104052
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas19

This essay reviews the background of the relatively recent phenomenon of black Catholicism in America and the empirical studies which have explored possible connections between Catholic affiliation among blacks and their changing patterns of secular status. The problem addressed is whether the tendency for Catholicism to be associated with high socioeconomic status among black Americans can be interpreted as the operation of a religious factor in a classic Weberian sense. By comparing black Catholicism to the historical case of Protestantism, it is shown that Catholicism may well have some implications for character structure, social disengagement, and mobility which warrant its designation as a religious factor in the black American experience

Capitalism · Character (mathematics) · Disengagement theory · Political science · Politics · Protestant work ethic · Protestantism · Social mobility · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Warrant · Demography · Gender Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies