Blasi, Anthony J(oseph)
BLASI, Anthony J(oseph).
BLASI, Anthony J(oseph). American, b. 1946. Genres: Sociology, Theology/Religion. Career: University of Louisville, KY, assistant professor of sociology, 1976-78; Daemen College, Amherst, NY, associate professor of sociology and chairperson of department, 1978-80; University of Hawaii at Hilo, assistant professor of sociology, 1986-90; Muskingum College, New Concord, OH, associate professor of sociology, 1990-94; Tennessee State University, associate professor, 1994-99, professor of sociology, 2000-. Publications: A Phenomenological Transformation of the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 1985; Moral Conflict and Christian Religion, 1988; Early Christianity as a Social Movement, 1989; Making Charisma: The Social Construction of Paul's Public Image, 1991; A Sociology of Johannine Christianity, 1996; Organized Religion and Seniors' Mental Health, 1999; (ed.) Handbook of Early Christianity; Social Science Perspectives, 2003; A History of Sociological Teaching and Research at Catholic Notre Dame University, 2003. Address: Dept of Sociology, Tennessee State University, 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209, U.S.A. Online address: blasi3610@cs.com