Sociology and Social Work

Titles in Red are in the Eberly Library at Waynesburg College at the call number given.


Balswick, J. O. & Morland, J. K. . Social problems: A Christian understanding and response. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1991.

Baum, G. . Religion and alienation: A theological reading of sociology. New York: Paulist Press, 1975.  261.8 B347r

Bellah, R. N., Madsen, R., Sullivan, W. M., Swidler, A. & Tipton, S. M. . The good society. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.

Bellah, Robert, et al. . Habits of the heart: Individualism and commitment in American life. Berkeley: University of California, 1985.  306.0973 H116

Berger, P. L. . The sacred canopy: Elements of a sociological theory of religion. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1967.
261 B496s

Berger, P. L. . The capitalist revolution: Fifty propositions about prosperity, equality and liberty. New York: Basic Books, 1986.

Burwell, R. . On sleeping with an elephant: The uneasy alliance between Christian faith and sociology. Christian Scholar's Review 10, 195-203, 1981.

Campolo, T. & Fraser, D. A. . Sociology through the eyes of faith. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1992.  261.5 F841s

Christians, C. C. & Van Hook, J. . Jacques Ellul: Interpretive essays. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981.261.8 J19

De Santo C., Lindblade, Z. & Poloma, M., (Eds.). . Christian perspectives on social problems. Indianapolis: Wesley, 1992.

Ellsberg, Robert. Editor . By Little and By Little: The Selected Writings of Dorithy Day. New York: Knopf, 1983.  261.8 D273b

Ellul, J. . Perspectives on our age: Jacques Ellul speaks on his life and work. New York: Seabury, 1981.  261 E47p

Ellul, J. . The subversion of Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986.

Ellul, J. . The technological society. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.  301.24 E47t

Grunlan, Stephen A. and Milton Reimer. Christian Perspectives on Sociology. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1982. 261.8 C555 2001

Guinness, O. . The gravedigger file: Papers on the subversion of the modern Church. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1983.  270.82 G964g

Halloway, J. Y. . Introducing Jacques Ellul. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970.

Haugen, Gary A. Good News about Injustice : A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1999. 241.622 H371g

Heddendorf, R. . Hidden threads: Social thought for Christians. Dallas: Probe Books, 1990.

Hugen, Beryl and North American Association of Christians in Social Work. Christianity and Social Work : Readings on the Integration of Christian Faith and Social Work Practice. Botsford, CT: North American Association of Christians in Social Work, 1998. 261.832 C5554 2002

Keith-Lucas, Alan.  So you want to be a social worker: A primer for the Christian Student. St. Davids, PA: North American Association of Christians in Social Work. 361.30242 K28s

Leming, M. R., DeVries, R. G. & Furnish, B. J. F. . The sociological perspective: a value-committed introduction. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.

Lyon, D. . The steeple's shadow: On the myths and realities of secularization. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.

Marshall, P. & VanderVennen, R. . Social science in Christian perspective. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1988.

Marshall, P. A., Griffioen, S. & Mouw, R. J. . Stained glass: Worldviews and social science. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989.

Mathisen, J. . The origins of sociology: Why no Christian influence. Christian Scholar's Review, 19 (1), 49-65, 1989.

Moberg, D. . Wholistic Christianity: An appeal for a dynamic balanced faith. Brethren Press, 1985.

Perkins, J. M. . Beyond charity: The call to Christian community development. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1993.

Perkins, R. . Values, alienation, and Christian sociology. Christian Scholar's Review, 15 (1), 8-27, 1985.

Perkins, R. . Looking both ways: Exploring the interface between Christianity and sociology. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1987.

Perkins, R. & Sayers, B. . Between alienation and anomie: The integration of sociology and Christianity. Christian Scholar's Review, 17 (2), 122-142, 1987.

Perkins, S. & Rice, C. . More than equals: Racial healing for the sake of the gospel. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1993.

Ressler, Lawrence E.  Hearts strangely warmed: Reflections on Biblical pasages relevant ot social work. St. Davids, PA: North American Association of Christians in Social Work, 1994. 242.88 H436

Seerveld, C. . On being human: Imaging God in the modern world. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989.

Skillen, James W. A Covenant to Keep : Meditations on the Biblical Theme of Justice. Grand Rapids, MI: CRC Publications/Center for Public Justice, 2000. 241.622 S628c 2000

Van Leeuwen, M. S. . North American evangelicalism and the social sciences: A historical and critical appraisal. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 40 (4), 194-203, 1988.

Vidich, A. J. & Lyman, S. M. . American sociology: Worldly rejections of religion and their directions. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985.

Whitley, O. R. . Religious behavior: Where sociology and religion meet. Engelwood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1964.  201 W613r

Wolterstorff, N. . Until justice and peace embrace. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983.

Wuthnow, R. . God and Mammon in America. New York: Free Press, 1994.

Wuthnow R., (Ed.). . Rethinking materialism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995,
 

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