Editing Sociology of religion (section)

==Religiosity==
Some sociologists of religion explore the theoretical analysis of the sociological dimensions of [[religiosity]]. For example, [[Charles Y. Glock]] is best known for his five-dimensional scheme of the nature of religious commitment. His list consist of the following variables: [[religious belief|belief]], [[religious education|knowledge]], [[religious experience|experience]], [[practice (social theory)|practice]] (sometimes subdivided into private and public [[ritual]]) and [[consequences of religiosity|consequences]]. Glock's first four dimensions have proved widely useful in research, because generally, they are simple to measure survey research.<ref name="hartsem.edu">{{cite book |chapter-url=http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/glock.htm |chapter=Glock, Charles Young |title=Encyclopedia of Religion and Society |publisher=Hartford Institute for Religion Research |first=Armand L. |last=Mauss |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011221304/http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/glock.htm |archive-date=2013-10-11 }}</ref><ref>Glock, C. Y. (1972) ‘On the Study of Religious Commitment’ in J. E. Faulkner (ed.) Religion’s Influence in Contemporary Society, Readings in the Sociology of Religion, Ohio: Charles E. Merril: 38–56.</ref> Similarly, [[Mervin F. Verbit]]'s contribution was a twenty four-dimensional religiosity measure which includes measuring religiosity through six different "components" of religiosity: [[ritual]], [[doctrine]], [[emotion]], [[knowledge]], [[ethics]], [[community]], and along four dimensions: content, frequency, intensity, centrality.<ref>Verbit, M. F. (1970). The components and dimensions of religious behavior: Toward a reconceptualization of religiosity. American mosaic, 24, 39.</ref><ref>Küçükcan, T. (2010). Multidimensional Approach to Religion: a way of looking at religious phenomena. Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 4(10), 60–70.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Küçükcan|first=Talip|title=CAN RELİGİOSİTY BE MEASURED? DİMENSİONS OF RELİGİOUS COMMİTMENT: Theories Revisited|url=http://www.eskieserler.com/dosyalar/mpdf%20(1135).pdf|work=ULUDAĞ ÜNİVERSİTESİ İLÂHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ|access-date=21 December 2013}}</ref>