Sacred Project of American Sociology

by Christian Smith

Book Overview

Counter to popular perceptions, contemporary American sociology is and promotes a profoundly sacred project at heart. Sociology today is in fact animated by sacred impulses, driven by sacred commitments, and serves a sacred project.

Sociology appears on the surface to be a secular, scientific enterprise--its founding fathers were mostly atheists. Its basic operating premises are secular and naturalistic. Sociologists today are disproportionately...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199377138
• ISBN13: 9780199377138
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"