The aim of this article is to re-inspect the possibility or repudiation of Sociology of Religion. This idea is done by researching the previous critiques of this branch of sociology and the criticism of these challenges. In the following discussion about each of aspects, it is tried to answer the extant uncertainties according to one of the most important expositors (H. A. Tanhaee).

The programme of analytical sociology brings sharp focus to fundamental issues insociology as a scientific discipline. Its practitioners offer a clear paradigm of how sociologicalexplanations ought to proceed, from individual actors to social outcomes. This essay considerslimitations of the approach as a general framework for all sociological research, however. Theessay surveys ...

resuscitation and promotion of local and indigenous sports among different classes of the rural society, requires identification and introduction of local and indigenous games and sports and careful planning at the strategic and operational levels. but unfortunately so far in the kermanshah province and even at the national level applied research fits this goal have not been conducted. this stu...

advertising has always played an important role in growing process of various products and celebrities attract more people to sport and sports goods purchase. this research studied the relationship between advertisement by celebrities and the willingness to buy sports shoes in tabriz. this survey was conducted through a researcher-made questionnaire. the validity of this questionnaire was confi...

Emilio F. Moran, Sandra L. Hofferth, Catherine C. Eckel, Darrick Hamilton, Barbara Entwisle, J. Lawrence Aber, Henry E. Brady, Dalton Conley, Susan L. Cutter, Klaus Hubacek, and John T. Scholz Department of Geography, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48823; Department of Family Science and Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; Department o...

Adolescents in residential treatment settings have symptoms that prevent them from participation in normal youth activities, which in turn prevent development of social skills and competencies. A sports-based intervention called “Do the Good” (DtG) was designed for this population using trauma-informed treatment principles. This paper describes the intervention model and presents outcome data. ...

We examined whether grandparents perceive adult grandchildren as frequent and important contacts by analyzing network membership. We additionally examined whether this network membership is related to relationship intensity during childhood. network membership was assessed in 1992 (397 grandparents; 1,594 adult grandchildren) and at the 2005-2006 follow-up (155 grandparents; 429 adult grandchil...

Efforts for drug free sport include developing a better understanding of the behavioural determinants that underline doping with an increased interest in developing anti-doping prevention and intervention programmes. Empirical testing of both is dominated by self-report questionnaires, which is the most widely used method in psychological assessments and sociology polls. Disturbingly, the poten...

Young athletes frequently suffer from being seen as athletes first and children second. This has consequences for their legal, civil and human rights as children (Kelly et al., 1995) and for the way in which sport organisations choose to intervene on their behalf to protect them from physical, psychological and sexual abuses (Brackenridge, 1994). Sport careers peak at different ages depending o...