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Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1988 In the world but not of the world: religiosity, alienation, and philosophy of human nature among Bible college and liberal arts college students Terry E. Huffman Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at:https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of theSociology Commons Recommended Citation Huffman, Terry E., "In the world but not of the world: religiosity, alienation, and philosophy of human nature among Bible college and liberal arts college students " (1988).Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 9352. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/9352 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. 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Huffman A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department: Sociology and Anthropology Major: Sociology Approved: Signature was redacted for privacy. Signature was redacted for privacy. Signature was redacted for privacy. For the Graduate College Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1988 li TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1 Twentieth Century American Fundamentalism 1 Defense of the faith: 1900-1925 2 Entrenchment: 1926-1959 7 Fundamentalist reemergence and a sociological view of religion in America: 1960-present 9 Statement of the Problem 14 CHAPTER II. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 18 Review of the Literature 18 Alienation 18 Socioeconomic status 19 Religion 20 - Philosophy of human nature 22 Functionalism 24 Meaning of alienation 25 Meaning of religiosity 27 Meaning of philosophy of human nature 32 Statement of Operational Definitions 33 Measures of alienation 35 Measures of religiosity 36 Measures of philosophy of human nature 38 Measures of other variables 39 Socioeconomic status 40 Religious socialization 40 Statement of Hypotheses 40 SES and alienation 40 Religious socialization and religiosity 41 Religiosity and alienation 41 Alienation and philosophy of human nature 42 Religiosity and philosophy of human nature 42 ill Page CHAPTER III. METHODOLOGY 44 Population and Sample 44 Description of colleges used in the study 44 Sample characteristics 46 Instrument 51 Method of Data Collection 53 Sampling 55 Construction of Scales 55 Alienation 58 Normlessness 59 Powerlessness 59 Social isolation 59 Socioeconomic status 59 Religiosity 61 Fundamentalism 61 Personal devotionalism 63 Christian conservatism 63 Religious socialization 63 Philosophy of human nature 65 Goodness 66 Cynicism 66 Statistical Procedures 66 CHAPTER IV. FINDINGS 70 Testing of the Hypotheses 70 SES and alienation 70 Religious socialization and religiosity 75 Religiosity and alienation 75 Alienation and philosophy of human nature 80 Religiosity and philosophy of human nature 82 Comparison of Bible and Liberal Arts College Students 84 Discussion of General Research Questions 86
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