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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
September 24, 2008
Dr. Dean Hoge, a prominent sociologist of American religion best known for incisive studies of an aging and dwindling Roman Catholic priesthood, died Sept. 13 in Baltimore. He was 71.
Hoge’s research, published in 25 books, illuminated some of the major trends reshaping American....