How do religious believers study sociology?
July 26, 2013 6:25 AM   Subscribe

I've just been reading some basic intro to sociology texts like Nietszche, Marx, Max Weber, Durkheim etc.. (for an online Yale course) and I'm constantly struck by how difficult it must be to maintain any kind of religious faith in the face of such analysis. How do observant religious believers reconcile the analysis of religion in these texts with their own personal beliefs? I'm honestly curious how the religious deal with this issue. Does it, statistically speaking, often bring on a crisis of faith?
posted by mary8nne to Education (1 answer total)

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It did create a crisis of faith for my husband, who fell away from the Christian church in college and never went back.

For me, it's a matter of believing in spite of a convincing and differing opinion staring you in the face. The book of Hebrews puts it nicely:

Hebrews 11:1

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
posted by michellenoel at 6:36 AM on July 26, 2013


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