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The Mainline Sidelined: The Sociology of Religion Unbound
Author(s) -
NEITZ MARY JO
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal for the scientific study of religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1468-5906
pISSN - 0021-8294
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2000.tb00012.x
Subject(s) - sociology , positive economics , focus (optics) , frame (networking) , epistemology , social science , sociology of religion , political science , economics , philosophy , telecommunications , physics , computer science , optics
This paper examines an expanding focus in the content of what members of SSSR study and show how this change is reflected in the publications in the journal. I offer four factors that might effect what we study: changes in the world, changes in who we are, changes in funding sources, and changes in the theoretical frames. I discuss the “cultural turn” as new theoretical frame, which has had important implications for the study of religion. 1 then return to the question of changes in the world. I end with my expectation that we will see greater yet inclusiveness in the future.