Studying the Political Culture of American Catholicism

This paper aims toward a better integration of the sociology of culture and the sociology of religion in the study of American Catholicism. It discusses Catholicism as a cultural discourse, the concept of ideological structures, and the implications of a cultural approach for Warner's “new para...

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Main Author: Burns, Gene (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 1996
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 1996, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-53
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Summary:This paper aims toward a better integration of the sociology of culture and the sociology of religion in the study of American Catholicism. It discusses Catholicism as a cultural discourse, the concept of ideological structures, and the implications of a cultural approach for Warner's “new paradigm” and rational choice theory.
ISSN:1759-8818
Contains:Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3712003