Christianity and the Vicissitudes of European Burgher Culture: an Anamnetic Exercise

In this article I offer an historic reconstruction of the way Christianity, with the concept of agape/caritas as a lodestar, has shaped the ‘burgher culture’ in Western Europe that to a large extent has remained typical for western society up to the present day. The socio-moral infrastructure of thi...

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Main Author: Buijs, Govert (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2013
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2013, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 103-132
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