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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/906
The Department of Sociology at Boston University fosters teaching and research that expand knowledge of human social behavior. By introducing students to the art and science of sociology, including its theories and methods, the Department contributes to the education of active, critically informed and globally-aware citizens, as well as to the training of the next generation of teachers, policy makers, and scholars. Learn more about our Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees.
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Department chair: Dr. Nazli Kibria
Campus address: 96-100 Cummington Street
Phone: 617-353-2591
Fax: 617-353-4837
Website: www.bu.edu/sociology
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How and why weight stigma drives the obesity 'epidemic' and harms health
(BMC, 2018-08-15)BACKGROUND: In an era when obesity prevalence is high throughout much of the world, there is a correspondingly pervasive and strong culture of weight stigma. For example, representative studies show that some forms of ... -
Personal power and agency when dealing with interactive voice response systems and alternative modalities
(Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal), 2018-09-25)In summer 2015, we conducted an exploratory study of how people in the U.S. use and respond to robot-like systems in order to achieve their needs through mediated customer service interfaces. To understand this process, ... -
Lived religion as an emerging field: an assessment of its contours and frontiers
(2016)Over the last three decades, lived religion has emerged as a distinct field of study, with an identifiable “canon” of originating sources. With this body of work reaching maturity, a critical assessment is in order. This ... -
America’s Changing Religious and Cultural Landscape and its Implications for Theological Education
(The Association of Theological Schools, 2014)This essay explores the changes in American culture that have made the very notion of religious communities and religious leadership an increasing challenge. Gathering, sustaining, and leading a congregation requires ... -
Religion and Civil Society: Comparing the USA and Europe
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Spiritual but not Religious?: Beyond Binary Choices in the Study of Religion
(Wiley Blackwell, 2013-06)"Spirituality" has often been framed in social science research as an alternative to organized "religion," implicitly or explicitly extending theoretical arguments about the privatization of religion. This article uses ... -
Spiritual Narratives in Everyday Life: A Description of the Project
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Max Weber's types of rationality: Cornerstones for the analysis of rationalization processes in history
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Paradoxes of Modernity (book review)
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Commitment to career reform
(Univ. of Chicago, 1975)
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