This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper is a critical response to the newest version of the rational choice theory of religion (RCTR). In comparison with previous ...

The basic method in the sociology of religion has been survey research. This has produced valuable results but has placed historical constraints on its future development. It has produced a narrow ...

Sociologists at the University of Texas and the University of Iowa write in the American Journal of Sociology that “Conservative religious beliefs and the social institutions they create .... increase ...

This article explores and critiques the semblances between the discourse on sociology of religion and that of ideology of Hindu majoritarianism. Both were fashioned in late 19th century and drew from ...

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Professor Emeritus of Sociology Edward Tiryakian is remembered for his pioneering contributions to the field of sociology, his decades of dedication to the University and his thoughtful mentoring of ...