Hidden threads a Christian critique of sociological theory / [electronic resource] :
Russell Heddendorf and Matthew Vos.
- [2nd ed.]
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2010.
- 1 online resource (xii, 242 p.)
"The principal author of Hidden threads, Russel Heddendorf, died on December 28, 2008, during the period in which this second edition of the book was developed. My contribution to the book is the addition of a new chapter on postmodern theory ... something that Russ and I worked on together."--Dedication, p. [iii].
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-234) and index.
Hidden threads -- The nature of theory -- The European heritage --0 The American tradition -- Functionalism -- Conflict theory -- Social action theory -- Exchange theory -- Symbolic interactionism -- Phenomenology and ethnomethodology -- The sociology of knowledge -- Postmodern theories : calling meaning into question.