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Joseph B. Tamney was a [[liberal]] sociology professor, formerly at Ball State University, who specialized in studying members of religious communities.  He also served as an editor of the journal [[Sociology of Religion]]<ref>[http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/author/T/Joseph_B._Tamney.aspx Greenwood Publishing Group author description]</ref>. As far as Christianity goes, his work completely ignores [[Conservative Christianity]]'s doctrinal position<ref>e.g., Christian doctrines of [[Sin]] and [[Salvation]]</ref> as a source of its growth and truth, instead likening its members' interest and commitment to the forces of radical Islam.  He has harshly criticized [[Stanford University]]-trained psychologist [[Paul C. Vitz]] and the conservative [[attorney]] [[Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow|Constance Cumbey]]<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=8yfIgQz3bL8C ''The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World''], Joseph B. Tamney, SUNY Press, 1992, ISBN 0791408213, 9780791408216, 178 pages. pp. 107 and 113 </ref>. He has also harshly criticized the Roman Catholic church as anti-Marxist<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=8yfIgQz3bL8C ''The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World''], Joseph B. Tamney, SUNY Press, 1992, ISBN 0791408213, 9780791408216, 178 pages. pp. 47-68 </ref> and unsympathetic towards South American radical priests.  In his last book ''The Resilience of Conservative Religion'' (2002), he put Christian conservatives into the same religious category as one of the most radical and most hate-filled Islamic figures of the late 20th century: the [[Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini]]<ref> ''The resilience of conservative religion: the case of popular, conservative Protestant congregations'', Joseph B. Tamney, Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 0521008670, 275 pages, pp. 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 253, and 261</ref>.

'''Joseph B. Tamney''' was a [[liberal]] sociology professor, formerly at Ball State University, who specialized in studying members of religious communities.  He also served as an editor of the journal [[Sociology of Religion]].<ref>[http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/author/T/Joseph_B._Tamney.aspx Greenwood Publishing Group author description]</ref> As far as Christianity goes, his work completely ignores [[Conservative Christianity]]'s doctrinal position<ref>e.g., Christian doctrines of [[Sin]] and [[Salvation]]</ref> as a source of its growth and truth, instead likening its members' interest and commitment to the forces of radical Islam.  He has harshly criticized [[Stanford University]]-trained psychologist [[Paul C. Vitz]] and the conservative [[attorney]] [[Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow|Constance Cumbey]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=8yfIgQz3bL8C ''The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World''], Joseph B. Tamney, SUNY Press, 1992, ISBN 0791408213, 9780791408216, 178 pages. pp. 107 and 113</ref> He has also harshly criticized the Roman Catholic church as anti-Marxist<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=8yfIgQz3bL8C ''The Resilience of Christianity in the Modern World''], Joseph B. Tamney, SUNY Press, 1992, ISBN 0791408213, 9780791408216, 178 pages. pp. 47-68</ref> and unsympathetic towards South American radical priests.  In his last book ''The Resilience of Conservative Religion'' (2002), he put Christian conservatives into the same religious category as one of the most radical and most hate-filled Islamic figures of the late 20th century: the [[Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini]].<ref>''The resilience of conservative religion: the case of popular, conservative Protestant congregations'', Joseph B. Tamney, Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 0521008670, 275 pages, pp. 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 253, and 261</ref>

He died on 25 October, 2009.

He died on 25 October 2009.

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