"What we think of as individual religiosity is indissolubly social": the conceptual framework of religion in daily life from the United States
Abstract
Nancy Ammerman describes her trajectory into the sociology of religion as "eclectic". A Yale Ph.D., her research addressed a wide arc of religious experience including conservative Christianities, congregations, and, most recently, the role of religion in everyday life. She published numerous books - listed throughout the interview - and her work received awards from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the American Sociological Society. In addition, she was president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in 2004 and 2005; of the Religion section of the American Sociological Society in 2000 and 2001, and of the Association for the Sociology of Religion in 1995 and 1996. At Boston University she served as Chair of the Department of Sociology from 2007-2013, Director of Graduate Studies in 2009, and Dean of Social Sciences from 2015-2018, when she retired.Downloads
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