De kerkelijke Laeyendecker

Leo Laeyendecker was not just a renowned sociologist, he also prominent voice in late-twentieth-century Dutch Catholicism, first as an Augustinian priest and then progressive public intellectual. This article offers biographical sketch of the Catholic Laeyendecker, focuses specifically on his performance roles priest-scientist He became sociologist at behest superiors, who hoped would be able to assist church leadership with scientifically sound policy advice. But once had completed training, objective use sociological analyses convince fellow friars Catholics that realities modernity militated for renewal. As intellectual, continued advocate agenda era which leaders were retreating from specific reformist stance their predecessors. new context prompted another change role, within wider community theorist its wing.