This thesis examines the relationship between religious style and social class in the City of Lethbridge, Alberta, Numerous theoretical and empirical studies have associated religious characteristics and social characteristics, but the discrepant findings of some of these studies prompted a fresh approach to the problem through focussing on religious style, defined in terms of worship-ritual, and social class, defined in terms of occupational prestige and measured by a socio-economic index. In order to tackle the problem posed by this study it was decided to undertake an empirical investigation of the class structure and religious style of a sample of churches in Lethbridge. Twenty-seven local churches formed the sample; this was representative of the forty-two churches in the city. Social differences are manifest in Lethbridge, and if social class is defined in terms of occupational prestige and measured by a socio-economic index (SEI), then class differences are also manifest. Such differences were found to exist in: (a) the general population (b) the church population. Samples of the general population and church population were differentiated along class lines and differences between the two distributions were apparent; upper and middle class members of the community are over represented in the local churches. Class structure of the churches was determined by drawing a sample of members from each church involved, ascertaining their occupations, and allocating a SEI based on these occupations. A mean index was computed for each of the churches which were then ranked according to their SEI and classified as upper, middle, or lower class. Religious style, defined in terms of worship-ritual, which is one of the dimensions of the traditional church-sect typology, was determined through participant observation as a result of which the churches were classified as formal, semi-formal, or informal. The relationship between religious style and social class was determined by calculating the weighted average mean SEI score for each of the "formality" categories, and additionally by using gamma as a simple measure of association. The relationship is curvi-linear. An additional analysis of the data points to the predominantly middle-to-upper class structure of local churches and gives indication of an inverse relationship between class and style. Theory relates religious characteristics and social characteristics in terms of the church-sect typology which, since its formulation by Weber and Troeltsch, has been developed by numerous scholars and has stimulated a variety of empirical studies. Discrepancies between studies based on the typology and those based on poll data appear to be due, in part, to different definitions of the concept "church-type." Although the relationships between style and class disclosed by this study do not precisely conform to the patterns of relating assumed by the church-sect typology, the discrepancies are not deemed to be serious bearing in mind the "ideal-type" character of that typology. If formal-style churches may be identified with church-type, informal with sect-type, and semi-formal with developed denominations, then the findings here generally support the relationships posited by the traditional typology, although the "fit" is not exact. / Arts, Faculty of / Sociology, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of St Andrews, April 2008.

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麥勁生. / 手稿本, 複本據手稿本影印. / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學, 1988. / Shou gao ben, fu ben ju shou gao ben ying yin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 265-276). / Mai Jingsheng. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 1988. / Chapter 第一章 --- 導言 --- p.1-12 / Chapter 第二章 --- 階級，社會地位及地位團體 / Chapter (1) --- 引言 / Chapter (2) --- 韋伯論「階級」的特性及其存在基礎 / Chapter (3) --- 韋伯論「地位團體」的特性及其存在基礎 / Chapter (4) --- 「階級」與「地位團體」的比較 / Chapter (5) --- 小結 / Chapter (6) --- 註釋 --- p.13-54 / Chapter 第三章 --- 韋伯的宗教學說 / Chapter (1) --- 引言 / Chapter (2) --- 幾個觀念的詮釋：社會行動（Social Action) 理性與理性化（Rationality and Rationalization)及選擇的親近性(Elective Affinity) / Chapter (3) --- 宗教的形成與發展´ؤ´ؤ一個「理性化」的過程 / Chapter (4) --- 社會因素與宗教發展的關係 / Chapter (5) --- 宗教對社會、經濟、政治及藝術的影響 / Chapter (6) --- 小結 / Chapter (7) --- 註釋 --- p.55-116 / Chapter 第四章 --- 地位團體與宗教的關係 / Chapter (1) --- 宗教義理與「實用倫理 」(Practical Ethic) / Chapter (2) --- 「地位團體」與「實用倫理」的關係 / Chapter (3) --- 試論韋伯宗教學說的得失 / Chapter (4) --- 小結 / Chapter (5) --- 註釋 --- p.117-152 / Chapter 第五章 --- 韋伯論儒家與中國士大夫 / Chapter (1) --- 引言 / Chapter (2) --- 韋伯論中國的家產制，封建制和士的興起 / Chapter (3) --- 士大夫集團的形成和正統儒家學說的產生 / Chapter (4) --- 儒家學說的特性及影响 / Chapter (5) --- 小結 / Chapter (6) --- 註釋 --- p.153-196 / Chapter 第六章 --- 韋伯的中國觀及其影响 / Chapter (1) --- 契題 / Chapter (2) --- 史賓高論韋伯的中國政治、社會研究 / Chapter (3) --- 墨子刻與新儒家學說 / Chapter (4) --- 咸美頓論中國的家產制 / Chapter (5) --- 陳其南對中國士大夫職業倫理及家族的討論 / Chapter (6) --- 余英時論中國近世宗教倫理與商人精神 / Chapter (7) --- 結論 / Chapter (8) --- 註釋 --- p.197-251 / Chapter 第七章 --- 結論 --- p.252-264 / 書目 --- p.265-276

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of History, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Liu Agnes Tat Fong. / "June 1999." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

The thesis, entitled “From Self-Praise to Self-Boasting: Paul’s Unmasking of the Conflicting Rhetorico-Linguistic Phenomena in 1 Corinthians,” examines the rhetorical conventions of “boasting” and self-praise among those vying for social status and honor within the Greco-Roman world. While the terminological options for “boasting” and self-praise frequently overlap, a survey of these conventions demonstrates that the ancients possessed a categorical distinction between “boasting” and self-praise, which oftentimes conflicted with Paul’s distinction. Clear examples of this conflict appear in 1 Cor 1:10-4:21; 5:1-13; 9:1-27; 13:1-13; and 15:30-32, where Paul addresses the Corinthians’ overestimation of wisdom and eloquence, redirects the Corinthians’ attention away from loyalties to specific leaders to loyalty to Christ, redefines the standards by which the Corinthians should view themselves and their leaders, counters the Corinthians’ tendency to engage in anthropocentric “boasting,” and affirms his own apostolic ministry. It is the Corinthian community’s inability to grasp the application of theocentric “boasting” which leads Paul to address certain aspects and values of secular Corinth that have penetrated the Corinthian community. Thus, operating from an eschatological perspective, Paul critiques both the Corinthians’ attitudes and the Greco-Roman cultural values upon which their attitudes are based. Through irony, self-presentation, imitation, differentiating between theocentric and anthropocentric “boasting,” and distinguishing between personality and gospel rhetoric, Paul challenges the secular notions of social status, power, wisdom, leadership, and patronage and exhorts the Corinthians to focus their attention on their relationship with the Lord rather than on improving their social status or on increasing their honor.