I just read the article, Problems and Possibilities of Sociology as Prophetic by Dr. Dennis Hiebert in Christian Scholar’s Review, and found Hiebert’s overview of socioreligious concepts fascinating and relevant to my own work in politics.
While providing a conceptual taxonomy isn’t the main purpose of Dr. Hiebert’s article, that is what I will do in this piece, extracting the bits of his writing I find most relevant. I follow this with an extended application of these models to the contemporary American political situation.
For those who so desire, you can read Hiebert’s article in full here: