Roundtable on the sociology of religion: Twenty-three theses on the status of religion in American sociology-A mellon working-group reflection

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Smith, Christian, Vaidyanathan, Brandon, Ammerman, Nancy Tatom, Casanova, José, Davidson, Hilary, Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Evans, John H., Gorski, Philip S., Konieczny, Mary Ellen, Springs, Jason A., Trinitapoli, Jenny and Whitnah, Meredith. (2013). Roundtable on the sociology of religion: Twenty-three theses on the status of religion in American sociology-A mellon working-group reflection. Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 81(4), pp. 903 - 938. https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lft052

Authors	Smith, Christian, Vaidyanathan, Brandon, Ammerman, Nancy Tatom, Casanova, José, Davidson, Hilary, Ecklund, Elaine Howard, Evans, John H., Gorski, Philip S., Konieczny, Mary Ellen, Springs, Jason A., Trinitapoli, Jenny and Whitnah, Meredith
Abstract	[Extract] American sociology has not taken and does not take religion as seriously as it needs to in order to do the best sociology possible. Despite religion being an important and distinctive kind of practice in human social life, both historically and in the world today, American sociologists often neglect religion or treat it redtionistically. We explore several reasons for this negligence, focusing on key historical, conceptual, methodological, and institutional factors. We then turn to offer a number of proposais to help remedy American sociology’s negligence of religion, advance the study of religion in particular, and enhance sociology’s broader disciplinary capacity to improve our understanding and explanation of human social life. Our purpose in this analysis is to stimulate critical and constructive discussion about the significance of religion in human life and scholarly research on it.
Keywords	religion and sociology; theory of knowledge; sociology; religion and culture; religion and politics; institutions; organizational sociology; scholars; interdisciplinary study; globalization; religion; scholarly publishing; intellectual life; United States
Year	2013
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Journal citation	81 (4), pp. 903 - 938
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISSN	0002-7189
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lft052
Scopus EID	2-s2.0-84888990046
Page range	903 - 938
Research Group	Institute for Religion, Politics, and Society
Publisher's version	File Access Level Controlled
Place of publication	United States of America

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