Sociology and Theology: With and Against the Grain of "the World"
The argument turns on a Weberian account of Christianity as a rejection of "the world" understood as a domain dominated by power, wealth, status, sex and violence; and on a Weberian understanding of how that creates a persistent tension with the realities of power and wealth as articulated...
| Published in: | Implicit religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2015]
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| In: |
Implicit religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sociology
/ World
/ Theology
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| Further subjects: | B
Christian Sociology
B Theology B Religion Social aspects B WEBERIAN stratification B Sociology B Violence B DOCTRINAL theology B Truth Religious aspects Christianity B Cost B Power B Wealth |
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| Summary: | The argument turns on a Weberian account of Christianity as a rejection of "the world" understood as a domain dominated by power, wealth, status, sex and violence; and on a Weberian understanding of how that creates a persistent tension with the realities of power and wealth as articulated by sociology, political science etc. in the economic, political, symbolic and aesthetic spheres. Thus theology, insofar as it articulates the original radical template of Christianity, is against, and sociology is with, "the grain" of the world. Although the Church has to compromise with wealth and power, the template of Christianity implicidy provides a sacred reference point for a whole civilization, whatever people's dogmatic commitments or lack of them. The argument examines these compromises, and considers how theology and sociology interact as neighbouring cultural disciplines very different from natural science disciplines. Sociology and theology are cognate in their narrative and contingent character, in spite of different modes of operation. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Implicit religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/imre.v18i2.27241 |