The Bible and Sociology
For the past twenty-five years, a sub-branch of biblical studies has engaged, sometimes rather vigorously, in the pursuit of using sociological methods to understand the Bible. These, often autodidact biblical scholars, have taken over a branch of sociology of religion. The methods they follow in th...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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1999
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Sociology of religion
Jahr: 1999, Band: 60, Heft: 2, Seiten: 125-148 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | For the past twenty-five years, a sub-branch of biblical studies has engaged, sometimes rather vigorously, in the pursuit of using sociological methods to understand the Bible. These, often autodidact biblical scholars, have taken over a branch of sociology of religion. The methods they follow in their pursuit of the strange world of the Bible can teach sociology how to retrieve a more critical sociology. The questions they ask would be helpful more generally to sociology of religion. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3711745 |