While teaching urban sociology at WRU, he co-authored with Louis H Massotti and Calvin J. Larsen Metropolis in crisis: social and political perspectives. With Massotti, he co-edited The Urbanization of the Suburbs (Sage Publications 1973) Hadden published numerous scholarly books and articles and essays on religion approaching the study of religion from the perspective of social movements theory and characterized his primary interest as the comparative study of religion and politics.
During the years of peak civil rights activity in the South, Evangelical clergy consistently criticized the involvement of liberal clergy on the grounds that religion and politics should not mix. Hadden's interest in religious broadcasters was significantly aroused as it became increasingly evident to him that they were themselves making overtures toward involvement and influence in the political process.
His first publication on the subject of religious broadcasting entitled "Soul-Saving Via Video" appeared in "Christian Century" in 1980.
In 1998, Hadden planned and oversaw the construction of three websites on religious freedom topics at the University of Virginia: The Religious Freedom Page, Religious Broadcasting, and The Religious Movements Homepage Project. The latter effort involved the contributions of hundreds of undergraduate students who took Hadden's New Religious Movements sociology course during the period.
In 1993 he edited a two-volume work entitled Handbook of Cults and Sects in America with David Bromley (Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University).
World Religions and Spirituality Current version of the Religious Movements Homepage
Hadden's entry in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
May 04, 2024
jeffrey, hadden, 1937, 2003, american, professor, sociology, began, teaching, career, western, reserve, university, then, university, virginia, commencing, 1972, hadden, earned, 1963, university, wisconsin, madison, where, trained, demographer, human, ecologis. Jeffrey K Hadden 1937 2003 was an American professor of sociology He began his teaching career at Western Reserve University and then at the University of Virginia commencing in 1972 Hadden earned his Ph D in 1963 at the University of Wisconsin Madison where he was trained as a demographer and human ecologist While teaching urban sociology at WRU he co authored with Louis H Massotti and Calvin J Larsen Metropolis in crisis social and political perspectives With Massotti he co edited The Urbanization of the Suburbs Sage Publications 1973 Hadden published numerous scholarly books and articles and essays on religion approaching the study of religion from the perspective of social movements theory and characterized his primary interest as the comparative study of religion and politics During the 1960s Hadden studied and wrote about the involvement of liberal Protestant clergy in the Civil Rights Movement He was probably best known for his studies of religious broadcasters and the emergence of the Christian Right in America during the 1980s studying the ministries of Jerry Falwell in nearby Lynchburg and Pat Robertson in Virginia Beach During the years of peak civil rights activity in the South Evangelical clergy consistently criticized the involvement of liberal clergy on the grounds that religion and politics should not mix Hadden s interest in religious broadcasters was significantly aroused as it became increasingly evident to him that they were themselves making overtures toward involvement and influence in the political process His first publication on the subject of religious broadcasting entitled Soul Saving Via Video appeared in Christian Century in 1980 In 1998 Hadden planned and oversaw the construction of three websites on religious freedom topics at the University of Virginia The Religious Freedom Page Religious Broadcasting and The Religious Movements Homepage Project The latter effort involved the contributions of hundreds of undergraduate students who took Hadden s New Religious Movements sociology course during the period In 1993 he edited a two volume work entitled Handbook of Cults and Sects in America with David Bromley Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University Hadden published 25 books as well as numerous articles throughout his career He died on January 26 2003 of pancreatic cancer in Charlottesville Virginia at age 66 Partial bibliography editSome of Hadden s books include Metropolis in crisis social and political perspectives 1967 F E Peacock ASIN B0006D80Y4 The Gathering Storm in the Churches 1969 Doubleday ISBN 0385033265 Religion in Radical Transition 1973 166 pp Transaction Publishers ISBN 0878550704 Gideon s gang A case study of the church in social action 1974 245pp United Church Press ISBN 0829802754 Prime Time Preachers The Rising Power of Televangelism with Charles E Swann 1981 Reading MA Addison Wesley Publishing Prophetic Religions and Politics Religion and the Political Order 1986 144 pp Paragon House Publishers ISBN 0913757535 America s uneasy relationship with non Christian and oriental religions 1986 Thomas Jefferson Institute 1986 Televangelism Power and Politics on God s Frontier with Anson Shupe 1988 New York Henry Holt Secularization and Fundamentalism Reconsidered with Anson Shupe 1989 Paragon House ISBN 0913757969 Religion and the Social Order The Handbook on Cults and Sects in America with Bromley D 1993 JAI Press ISBN 1559384778External links editThe Religious Freedom Page Religious Broadcasting The Religious Movements Homepage Project at the Wayback Machine archived June 20 2007 World Religions and Spirituality Current version of the Religious Movements Homepage Hadden s entry in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jeffrey K Hadden amp oldid 1213580570, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
