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(Why) is the Sociology of Religion Marginalized? Results from a Survey Experiment (为什么)宗教社会学被边缘化了?调查实验的结果

AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST Pub Date : 2023-10-06 DOI: 10.1007/s12108-023-09597-w

Samuel L. Perry

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Argumentative Delphi Surveys: Lessons for Sociological Research 论证性德尔菲调查:社会学研究的教训

AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI: 10.1007/s12108-023-09596-x

Kerstin E. Cuhls

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Editor’s Introduction: Perspectives on Bortolini’s Bellah 编者简介:透视波托里尼的《贝拉》

AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST Pub Date : 2023-09-19 DOI: 10.1007/s12108-023-09594-z

Lawrence T. Nichols

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Correction to: C. Wright Mills in Copenhagen: Collaboration, Politics, and the Making of 'The Sociological Imagination 更正:C.赖特·米尔斯在《哥本哈根:合作、政治和社会学想象的形成》

AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST Pub Date : 2023-09-11 DOI: 10.1007/s12108-023-09595-y

Klaus Petersen

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Sociology of the Digital Space, Social Research and Emotions 数字空间社会学、社会研究和情感

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AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST Pub Date : 2023-08-22 DOI: 10.1007/s12108-023-09593-0