Religion as a solvent: a lecture
Contrary to Durkheim, for whom the role of religion is to reconnect the individual with the society to which he belongs, this essay argues that nowadays religion's social power lies in its capacity to dissolve old religious bonds and lineages. Taking Max Weber's work as its base, the text...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento
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| Series: | Novos Estudos CEBRAP |
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| Online Access: | http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-33002006000200002&lng=en&tlng=en |