The Catholic University of America

IPR Fellow

Joseph B. Tamney, Ph.D.

Dr. Joseph B. Tamney is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Ball State University (USA). He received his B.S. (1954) and M.A. (1957) from Fordham University, and his Ph. D. (1962) from Cornell University. He has been a member of the editorial Board for the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society, an editor of Sociology of Religion (1994-2000) and of the ASA religion section Newsletter (2000-2002), and president of the Association for the Sociology of Religion (2003-4). Currently he is the elected chair of the Publications Committee, the Religious Research Association.

His published works include The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World (State University of New York Press, 1992), American Society in the Buddhist Mirror (Garland, 1992), The Struggle Over Singapore’s Soul: Western Modernization and Asian Culture (Walter de Gruyter, 1996), The Resilience of Conservative Religion (Cambridge University Press, 2002), and, with Linda Hsueh-Ling Chiang, Modernization, Globalization, and Confucianism in Chinese Societies (Praeger, 2002). With Fenggang Yang, he co-edited State, Market, and Religions in Chinese Societies (Brill, 2005). His most recent publications include: "Buddhism under Study" in American Sociology of Religion: Histories, Anthony J. Blasi ed. (Brill, 2007), and “Malaysia’s Islamist Landscape,” in Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst (September 2007, 4-5).

 

Contact Information

Email: Tamneyj[at]aol.com
Phone: (202) 319-5999

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Department: Department of Sociology, Ball State University