Protestant religious experience and the rise of American sociology
Evidence from the Bernard papers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4965299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan E Henking (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 325-339 |
| Publication date | 1992-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1520-6696(199210)28:4<325::aid-jhbs2300280402>3.0.co;2-2 |
| OpenAlex | W2052000522 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Historians of sociology have long recognized the Protestant ambience within which the discipline emerged in the United States. Autobiographies elicited by L. L. Bernard in the 1920s and 1930s provide insight into the impact of this background on early American sociologists. In addition to confirming the importance of mainstream Protestantism, the autobiographies reveal a multitude of identity strategies adopted by those who came to call themselves sociologists. In negotiating the relation of religious and secular spheres, some abandoned religion en route to a sociological career. Others became sociologists of religion, separated value-laden (religious) aspects of their lives from value-neutral (sociological) endeavors, created a sociologically informed mode of Protestantism, or molded a Protestant sociology.
Protestantism · Sociology · American History and Culture · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2021 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |