Robert N. Bellah

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Robert N. Bellah was an influential American sociologist of religion best known for his analyses of the moral and religious dimensions of modern society.

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instanceOf academic
author
human
sociologist
sociologist of religion
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy
awardReceived Grawemeyer Award in Religion
National Humanities Medal
birthDate 1927-02-23
birthPlace Altus, Oklahoma, United States
coAuthor Ann Swidler
Richard Madsen
Steven M. Tipton
William M. Sullivan NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2013-07-30
doctoralAdvisor Talcott Parsons
educatedAt Harvard College
Harvard University
Harvard University Department of Sociology
employer Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley
familyName Bellah
fieldOfWork religious studies
social theory
sociology
sociology of religion
fullName Robert Neelly Bellah
givenName Robert
influencedBy Max Weber
Talcott Parsons
Émile Durkheim
knownFor analysis of the moral foundations of American society
historical-sociological account of religion in human evolution
studies of modern individualism
theory of American civil religion
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement American sociology of religion
notableWork Beyond Belief
Civil Religion in America
Habits of the Heart
Religion in Human Evolution
The Broken Covenant
The Good Society
positionHeld Elliott Professor of Sociology
Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley
religion Episcopalian background
workLocation Berkeley, California, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
American civil religion
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Robert N. Bellah ("Robert Neelly Bellah")
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