Studying the Political Culture of American Catholicism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2591082 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gene Burns (Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1069-4404 • E-ISSN: 1759-8818 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3712003 |
| OpenAlex | W2066599474 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 26 |
This paper aims toward a better integration of the sociology of culture and the sociology of religion in the study of American Catholicism. It discusses Catholicism as a cultural discourse, the concept of ideological structures, and the implications of a cultural approach for Warner's “new paradigm” and rational choice theory
Culture of the United States · Culture theory · Epistemology · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of culture · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Anthropology · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
Introduction
Dichotomizing Religion and Civil Society? Catholicism in Germany and the USA Before the Second Vatican Council
Religion as Political Resource
Will Churches Respond to the Call? Religion, Civic Responsibility, and Social Service
Visions of the Good Society and the Religious Roots of American Political Culture
Forming Consciences into Collective Parish Actions
Religion and Social-political Action
Is the Catholic Church in America Experiencing Internal Secularization? Priests' Assessments of Pope Francis and the Condition of the Church
Ideologies and social revolutions
Priest Resignations in a Lazy Monopoly
Power
Commitments and non-commitments
Contrasting Trends in European and American Religion
The Organization of Political Ideology
Religious Belonging in a Changing Catholic Church
Evaluating the Evidence
Christianity, Social Class, and the Catholic Bishops' Economic Policy
Values, Interests, and Organizational Change
Cultural Idioms and Political Ideologies in the Revolutionary Reconstruction of State Power
Religion and Rational Choice
Autonomy and Democracy in an Autocratic Organization
The Social Construction of a New Leadership Role
The Frontiers of Catholicism
Debating Divorce
Market Forces and Catholic Commitment
The Impact of Structural Differences on the Catholic Clergy
Papal Power
Why Strict Churches Are Strong
Work in Progress Toward a New Paradigm for the Sociological Study of Religion in the United States
A Theory of Structure
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Politics of Ideology
Novel Readings
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2024 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |