Max Weber's Sociology of Religious Belief

Combining the points of view of the sociology of knowledge and the sociology of religion, Max Weber posed the question as to which classes are likely to develop a genuinely religious outlook, and which not. In the latter category he counted the peasants, the aristocrats, the bureaucrats and the trad...

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Main Author: Stark, Werner (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1964
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1964, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-49
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Summary:Combining the points of view of the sociology of knowledge and the sociology of religion, Max Weber posed the question as to which classes are likely to develop a genuinely religious outlook, and which not. In the latter category he counted the peasants, the aristocrats, the bureaucrats and the traders; in the former the artisans and the intellectuals, especially the “pariah” or “proletaroid” intellectuals. The paper endeavours to show that this analysis suffers from serious shortcomings, and suggests that Tönnies' dichotomy of community-type and associational societies provides a better insight into the origins of relatively religious and relatively irreligious world-views than does Weber's distinctions.
ISSN:2325-7873
Contains:Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3710542