Theology: Sociology = Orthodoxy: Orthopraxis

Abstract

“Empirical sociology pays special attention to the factual, as opposed to the normative, and in so doing often plays the role of debunker, showing that assumed norms and doctrines are not always accepted or manifested in the behavior of people in society. … The evidence suggests that certain kinds of intellectual and doctrinal beliefs have little or no bearing on Christian moral behavior. … Orthodoxy-orthopraxis can be understood, not only as believing, but as ‘doing’ religious faith in a social context.”