Wat brengt de zuil aan het wankelen?

Samenvatting

A criticism of J. M. G. Thurlings' work (DE WANKELE ZUIL: NEDERLANDSE KATHOLIEKEN TUSSEN ASSIMILATIE EN PLURALISME he Vacillating Pillars: Dutch Catholics between Assimilation & Pluralism], Nijmegen, 1971). This work is an interesting attempt to integrate historical & sociological concepts; numerous aspects of the subject are treated empirically as well as sociologically. However, Thurlings' argument is not always valuable; unfortunately the external factors are not taken into consideration & no life histories & attitude scales are included. I. Verluyten.