Protestant modernity : Weber, secularization, and Protestantism / Anthony J. Carroll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carroll, Anthony J., 1965-

Contributor:

Class of 1939 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weber, Max, 1864-1920.

Christianity and the social sciences--History of doctrines.

Christianity and the social sciences.

Weber, Max, 1864-1920--Influence.

Weber, Max.

Religion and sociology.

Christian sociology.

Secularization.

Protestant churches--Doctrines.

Protestant churches.

Physical Description:

xviii, 303 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Scranton [Pa.] : University of Scranton Press, [2007]

Summary:

So says Anthony Carroll, S.J., in the Introduction to his remarkable book, Protestant Modernity: Weber, Secularisation, and Protestantism, in which his ringing and perspicacious dissent reveals that conveniently long-held "dogma" to be false. Carroll frames his study with a multifaceted understanding of secularisation in the broader context of nineteenth-century liberal Protestantism. He reconstructs Max Weber's original writings to highlight Protestant motifs, reviews current secularisation theories, and settles debates about contested meanings of secularisation. This multidisciplinary volume will be essential reading for students and scholars of theology, Weber, and the sociology of religion, for years to come.

Contents:

Historical and systematic aspects of modern secularisation

Setting the scene

Secularisation in Weber's sociology of religion

Secularisation in Weber's Wirtschaft und gesellschaft (WuG) and Munich speeches

The Protestant heritage of Weber's theory of secularisation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-292) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1939 Fund.

ISBN:

9781589661639

158966163X

OCLC:

179103447