Individualism, Societalism, Worldliness Universalism: Thematizing Theoretical Sociology of Religion
This paper starts with a discussion of the relationship between new developments in the sociology of religion and the appearance of religion as a topic in recent general sociological theory. Arguing that in the works of the classical sociologists religion was always connected to central features of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1977
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1977, Volume: 38, Issue: 4, Pages: 281-308 |
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| Summary: | This paper starts with a discussion of the relationship between new developments in the sociology of religion and the appearance of religion as a topic in recent general sociological theory. Arguing that in the works of the classical sociologists religion was always connected to central features of societies, overlaps between Weber and Durkheim are discussed with reference to the relationship between religious commitment, trans-societal commitment and the viability of national societies. Morality, rationality, individualism and internationalism are attended to. Such themes of classical sociology are then related to similar concerns in the work, inter alia, of Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Comte, Marx, and Tocqueville. After a re-assessment of the convergence between Weber and Durkheim modern sociological interest in religion is discussed with particular reference to sub-societal, societal and trans-societal commitments. The overall exercise involves an attempt to give thematic body both to the sociology of religion as a special area of study and to general-theoretical concern with such matters as religion, identity and legitimation. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3710115 |