Religion in Sociological Perspective. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Religion in Sociological Perspective

This text is a highly sociological view of religion and as such stresses theoretical perspectives about religion. The text also focuses on the methodology that sociologists have used to study religion. Keith Roberts states that his own preferred approach is open systems theory, which he says focuses equally on structure and dynamics. Other texts may lean toward the religious studies end of the market, but Roberts is a true sociology text.

A broad overview of the central theories and research methods of the sociology of religion

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