Sentences with phrase «sociology of religion at»

Editor's note: Eileen Barker is professor emeritus of sociology of religion at the London School of Economics.

Stephen Bullivant is professor of theology and the sociology of religion at St Mary's University, London, and directs the Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society.

One of the most astute observers of the American religious scene is Wade Clark Roof, now professor of sociology of religion at the University of California at Santa Barbara..

Dr. Miller is assistant professor of sociology of religion at the University of Southern California.

Halík has advocated the importance of interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance in his writings and lectures, both as professor of sociology of religion at Charles University, Prague, and in his work with the Czech Christian Academy.

Prof Bullivant, a professor of theology and the sociology of religion at St Mary's University, Twickenham, told The Observer newspaper: «We've seen a vast shedding of nominal Christianity, and perhaps it's now down to its hardcore.»

And yet it is one of the most important tests for office,» said Jose Casanova, an expert in the sociology of religion at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, who also spoke at the release of the survey results.

Not exact matches

Roof, professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, and McKinney, professor of religion and society at Hartford Seminary, are interested not in issuing a jeremiad or an apology about the state of American religion, but in ascertaining just how the landscape of American religion is being altered.

Jackson W. Carroll and Wade Clark Roof, researchers in the sociology of religion (at Duke University Divinity School and at the University of California — Santa Barbara), analyze three age categories — pre-boomers (born prior to 1946), boomers (born 1946 - 1964) and Gen Xers (born between 1965 and 1980)-- who according to Carroll and Roof have profoundly different expectations of the church and of religion.

My discipline is sociology and religion and in this capacity I taught at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.

I cherish instead the notion that if we could understand not only the sociology and psychology of religion but also the religion of religion; if we could get at the roots of conviction in the lives of profound believers in the open society; if we could combine civility with devotion — if we could do these things, religious forces might retrieve some initiative and offer examples for coexistence in the world of the nations and the military powers.

He holds a chair at the University of Warwick fittingly named for Auguste Comte, the father of sociology and proponent of the «religion of man.»

Though Reza's PhD is in sociology most of his graduate course work at UCSB was in the history of religion in the dept of religious studies.

To explain the second strategy, let us recall the display of the reductionist order of the sciences along the «Comtean ladder,» which arranges the forms of life and the corresponding specialized disciplines in an ascending series of rungs starting with physics at the base, followed by chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology and, depending on one's inclination, history and religion.

The Victorian Web This site, created by George P. Landow, professor of English and art history at Brown University, includes information about the Victorian Age's history, sociology, art, religion, economy, and more.

The problem, according to Hunter, a professor of sociology and religion at the University of Virginia, lies in the psychologically oriented pedagogy that character educators turn to in teaching values to children: «Dominated as it is by perspectives diffused and diluted from professional psychology, this regime is overwhelmingly therapeutic and self - referencing; in character, its defining feature is a moral framework whose center point is the autonomous self.»

Most social and community programs require their Youth Workers to have at least a high school diploma on their resumes, and full - time programs in churches, schools and counseling - based programs require a bachelor's degree and often additional coursework in the areas of religion, education, sociology or psychology.