Introduction: The Life, Career, and Social Thought of Gerhard Lenski: Scholar, Teacher, Mentor, Leader

Volume 22, No. 2, Religion, stratification, evolution in human society: Essay commemorating Gerhard E. Lenski (June 2004), pp. 163-193

This overview outlines the life, career, and social thinking of Gerhard Lenski. After a preliminary explanation of the contribution of Lenski, the paper is divided into two parts. The first part examines the origin of Lensky as the main social theorist, the influence of education and biography, and the knowledge base of his sociological theory. In Part 2 we introduce the work, influence and heritage of Lenski and lay the foundation for the four original papers out of the six main areas of Lenski's work. It had a tremendous impact on America and international sociology. Sociology, (2) 'status status' and 'contradictory status', (3) religious sociology and 'religious factors', (4) social stratification, 'power and privilege', (5) historical Sex stratification from the perspective; (6) Ecological evolution theory

• Parsons, Immanuel Wallerstein, Anthony Giddens, Herbert Brammer, Irving Gotchmann, Pierre Bourdieu, Marvin Harris, Robert Merton, Craig in order to influence the way of sociology of World War II · Explain the development of social theorists such as Calhoun, Gerhard Lenski, Michelle Foucault and Jürgen Habermas. After the Second World War, sociology areas grew in North America and Western Europe when the US government and Western companies began adopting sociological tools, theories and research methods. The main topics of sociological research include marriage and family, social stratification, politics, work, enterprises and other large organizations, and gender roles and gender relations