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Book or monograph Thomas. F. Best, "The Sociological Study of the New Testament: Promise and Peril of a New Discipline," Scottish Journal of Theology 36 (1983): 181-194.
Article in Journal or Book W.S. Campbell, "The Sociological Study of the New Testament: Promise and Problems" Journal of Beliefs & Values: Studies in Religion & Education 14.1 (1993): 2-10.
Article in Journal or Book John A. Coleman, "The Bible and Sociology," Sociology of Religion 60.2 (Summer, 1999): 125-148.
Article in Journal or Book Norman K. Gottwald, "Sociological criticism of the Old Testament: Emerging trends in biblical thought; 6th in a series," The Christian Century 99.14 (April 21st 1982): 474-477.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, 2nd ednWilliam. R. Herzog II, "Sociological Approaches to the Gospel," Joel B. Green, Jeanine K. Brown & Nicholas Perrin, eds., Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, 2nd edn. London: lnterVarsity Press, 2020. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Book or monograph Howard Clark Kee, Christian Origins in Sociological Perspective. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1980.
Article in Journal or Book David Lochhead, "Ideology and the Word: pastoral and theological reflections on sociological criticism of the Bible," American Baptist Quarterly 2.2 (June 1983): 100-104.
Book or monograph Carolyn Oseik, What are they saying about the social setting of the New Testament? New York: Paulist Press, 1991. Pbk. ISBN-13: 978-0809133390. pp.127.
Book or monograph P.J. Ritcher, "Recent Sociological Approaches to the Study of the New Testament" Religion 14 (1984):77-90.
Article in Journal or Book Cyril. S. Rodd, "Sociology and Social Anthropology" in A Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation edited by R. J. Coggins & J.L. Houldon. London: SCM Press, 1994. pp.635-639.
Article in Journal or Book Robin Scroggs,. "The sociological Interpretation of the New Testament: The Present state of Research," New Testament Studies 26 (1979-1980): 164-179.
On-line Resource S.S. Sircar, "The Contribution of Sociological Research in the New Testament Studies: An Appraisal," Indian Journal of Theology 43.1 & 2 (2001): 30-41.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
Article in Journal or Book Billy K. Smith, "Sociological Criticism of the Old Testament," The Theological Educator 29 (Fall 1984): 71-88.
Article in Journal or Book Jonathan Z. Smith, "The Social description of Early Christianity," Religious Studies Review, (1975): 19-25.
Book or monograph Derek Tidball,. The Social Context of the New Testament: A Sociological Analysis. Exeter: The Paternoster Press, 1983.
On-line Resource Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Sociology, scripture and the supernatural," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 27.2 (June 1984): 169-192.View in PDF format pdf

Bibliography based on that provided by Pastor Lijo Devadhas, Chennai, India

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