num_pages: 445
description: This text is a highly sociological view of religion and as such stresses theoretical perspectives about religion. The text also focuses on the methodology that sociologists have used to study religion. Keith Roberts states that his own preferred approach is open systems theory, which he says focuses equally on structure and dynamics. Other texts may lean toward the religious studies end of the market, but Roberts is a true sociology text.
language: English
title: Religion in Sociological Perspective
titlecomplete: Religion in Sociological Perspective
genres: Sociology, Reference, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 50
publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co