Correct that it doesn’t refet to religious level and that it does refer to sociology.
I did mean that it does refer to hashkafa, although I see why you understood differently (from what I wrote about integrating with Modern World).
I guess I’ll have to explain better. To some degree, you may be right that it doesn’t refer to hashkafa, but to some degree I may be right that it does. Keep in mind that we are talking about many different people using the term and they are all different (both because all people are different and because all people use terms differently. This term in particular is one that gets used in a variety of ways, and generally, the person himself has to explain what he means.)
This post is long enough – I’ll continue on another post.