Abstract
Howard W. Odum, the founder of Social Forces (SF), felt strongly that religion was a significant social force in need of better understanding. This is readily apparent in the number of pages devoted to the topic in the journal’s first few issues. From the start, Odum recognized the risks and challenges of trying to foster balanced and objective discussions of religious matters. In his first set of “Editorial Notes,” he exhorts, Shall we always be torn between the unreasoning and unreasonable dogmatism of those who are blind to the progressive keynote of the Great Teacher, and of the equally limited dogmatism of those who wish to eliminate the primary functions of the church? To what extent is it possible for this Journal and others to cooperate in constructive work done rather than in creeds and dogmas, which may well be left to the technique of specialists? The contributions in this issue are consistent beginnings (Odum 1922: 59).
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