| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge library editions. Sociology of religion ; 13 |
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Routledge library editions. Sociology of religion ; 13.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; PART I; Chapter 1. Social Reform and Protestant Theology: From the Colonial Period to the Civil War; Chapter 2. The Rise of the Social Gospel; Chapter 3. The Turn to Sociology; PART II; Chapter 4. Protestant Theology in Mainstream American Sociology; The University of Chicago; The University of Wisconsin; William Graham Sumner's Calvinist Sociology; PART III; Chapter 5. The Demise of the Social Gospel; Chapter 6. The Transvaluation of Christian Sociology; Epilogue; Bibliography |
| Summary |
This book, first published in 1992, demonstrates that American sociology has deep religious roots which continue, both directly and indirectly, to influence the discipline today. Early American sociology was closely aligned with the social gospel movement in Protestantism, which hope to make use of the new science of sociology to help solve social problems and, ultimately, prepare America for the establishment of Christ's kingdom on earth. Although American sociology became secularized after 1920, it retained its ameliorative outlook, hoping to 'save' mankind through positivistic analysis and technocratic societal planning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 25, 2019) |
| Subject |
Sociology -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Social gospel -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Social gospel
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Sociology
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429665332 |
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0429665334 |
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9780429668050 |
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0429668058 |
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9780429662614 |
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0429662610 |
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9780429020667 |
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042902066X |
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