Anthony J. Blasi, Ph.D. (1974), Notre Dame, Th.D. (1986), Regis College/University of Toronto, is Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at San Antonio and former President of the Association for the Sociology of Religion.

• Introduction (by William H. Swatos Jr.)Author’s Introduction Ch. 1. Doctoral Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895-1959. Ch. 2. Articles in the Sociology of Religion, 1964-1984. Ch. 3. Religion in American Community Studies. Ch. 4. Research Organizations. Ch. 5. Professional Associations Ch. 6. Observations Appendix I: List of American Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895-1959. Appendix II: Origins of the American Catholic Society and the American CatholicSociological ReviewReferences

Anthony J. Blasi, Ph.D. (1974), Notre Dame, Th.D. (1986), Regis College/University of Toronto, is Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at San Antonio and former President of the Association for the Sociology of Religion.

• Introduction (by William H. Swatos Jr.)Author’s Introduction Ch. 1. Doctoral Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895-1959. Ch. 2. Articles in the Sociology of Religion, 1964-1984. Ch. 3. Religion in American Community Studies. Ch. 4. Research Organizations. Ch. 5. Professional Associations Ch. 6. Observations Appendix I: List of American Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895-1959. Appendix II: Origins of the American Catholic Society and the American CatholicSociological ReviewReferences

Anthony J. Blasi, Ph.D. (1974), Notre Dame, Th.D. (1986), Regis College/University of Toronto, is Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at San Antonio and former President of the Association for the Sociology of Religion.

• Introduction (by William H. Swatos Jr.)Author’s Introduction Ch. 1. Doctoral Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895-1959. Ch. 2. Articles in the Sociology of Religion, 1964-1984. Ch. 3. Religion in American Community Studies. Ch. 4. Research Organizations. Ch. 5. Professional Associations Ch. 6. Observations Appendix I: List of American Dissertations in the Sociology of Religion, 1895-1959. Appendix II: Origins of the American Catholic Society and the American CatholicSociological ReviewReferences