Sociological Measurement of Religiosity

It is asked how & where we discover sociol'al norms that are sci'ly applicable to the measurement of religiosity. Res of behavioral sci'ts is examined re criteria of religiosity, dimensions of religiosity, religious involvement, & practical ideology. It is felt that in the long run, there are many dimensions of religiosity & combinations of dimensions that may be useful in any particular res study. Often, esp in secondary analysis, they have to be constructed out of the available data. It is concluded that the 4-fold dimensions of religiosity-creed, code, cult, & communion-employed in the community-type survey of Southern Parish in 1948 (J. H. Fichter, DYNAMICS OF A CITY CHURCH, Chicago, Ill: U of Chicago Press, 1951) are as serviceable today as they were then. The resultant construction of categories of religiosity in an org'ed church-nuclear, modal, marginal, & dormant-demonstrates that the religious phenomena under scrutiny must be both measurable & relevant.

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Review of Religious Research. – 1969. – Vol. 10, № 3. – P. 169–177.