1. A descriptive review of some of the major differences in conceptualizing the cosmos, God, and human nature can be found in Haught, John F.,The Cosmic Adventure ? Science, Religion and the Quest for Purpose. New York, Paulist Press, 1984.
2. This meaning is derived from a simple dictionary definition. SeeWebster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, G. and C. Merriam Company, 1971.
3. Among these first applications is Glassner B., and Freedman, J.A.,Clinical Sociology. New York, Longman, 1979. It is also interesting to note that in this same yearAmerican Behavioral Scientist devoted a special issue to ?Clinical Sociology? (Volume 22), and that in 1982 the first issues ofClinical Sociology Review (Volume 1) was published.
4. A pioneering description of self as actor in everyday life is the symbolic interaction interpretation of Goffman, E.,The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York, Doubleday, 1959.
5. This sequence of microsociological and macrosociological concepts is described in Hall, C. M.,Individual and Society, second edition. Boonsboro, Antietam, 1981.