Sociology and the Study of Religion - Theory, Research, Interpretation

New York : Basic Books, 1970. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 307 pages; Contents: Catholic sectarianism: a sociological analysis of the so-called Boston heresy case --American Catholics and international life --The Catholic immigrant and the American scene --The ideologists and the missing dialogue --A comparative study of the role of values in social action in two southwestern communities / with Evon Z. Vogt --Mormonism and the avoidance of sectarian stagnation: a study of church, sect, and incipient nationality --The effects of geographical position on belief and behavior in a rural Mormon village --Mormonism and the American experience of time --The changing image of the Jew and the contemporary religious situation: an exploration of ambiguities --Anomie and the ""quest for community"": the formation of sects among the Puerto Ricans of New York / with Renato Poblete --Sociology and the study of religion --The sociology of religion --Five dilemmas in the institutionalization of religion --The adequacy of contemporary religious forms --""Acting out"": man makes himself? Description: x, 307 p. 25 cm.