The Sociology of Religion as an ASA Subdiscipline
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4903615 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edgar W Mills (The University of Texas at San Antonio, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 339 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/3711614 |
| OpenAlex | W2461832290 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
Members of the American Sociological Association who choose Religion as one of their four areas of interest are profiled, and four questions about the subdiscipline are drawn from the work of Bryan Wilson and others: 1) In America is sociology of religion very different from the rest of sociology? 2) Is there evidence that sociology of religion is at the core of sociology? 3) Are both theory and research methods strongly represented in the subdiscipline? 4) Is there a preference for qualitative over quantitative methods among sociologists of religion? Evidence from 5782 ASA members with PhDs is used to answer the questions. In general, American sociology of religion lies at some distance from the core of the discipline and has strong ties to theory but weak connections with methodology
Epistemology · Preference · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2024 (40) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |