Protestantism and American Sociology
Problems of Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4847643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard L Means (Kalamazoo College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 128 |
| Publication date | 1966-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0210 • E-ISSN: 2325-7873 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3710386 |
| OpenAlex | W4248225947 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Although there are a number of different dimensions to religious phenomena, religious affiliation and membership often are used to establish the boundaries of the Protestant population. A study of 161 sociological research monographs revealed a certain amount of confusion in the operationalizing procedures which attempt to measure Protestantism. There are three problems revealed in this research; they are (1) residual lumping, (2) the range of traditions within the Protestant category, and (3) the problem of the level of measurement. These problems are discussed and illustrated. The data indicate a need for an awareness of the complexity of religious phenomena when analyzing Protestantism
Confusion · Epistemology · Operationalization · Political science · Politics · Population · Protestant work ethic · Protestantism · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Demography · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |