1. One of Sociology's Most Influential Scholars.
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RELIGION & sociology , *SOCIOLOGY education , *ACADEMIC discourse , *SCHOLARLY publishing , *UNIVERSITY faculty - Abstract
The article reports that Duke University Press is publishing "The Robert Bellah Reader," edited by Bellah, an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of California at Berkeley, and Steven M. Tipton, a professor of sociology at Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia). It is explained that the book presents a selection of Bellah's work, along with a new introductory essay he has written about his career. It is asserted that Bellah has long been one of sociology's most influential scholars and helped revive the study of religion in his discipline.
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- 2006