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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| description | 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 maintains that the universal religion of individual salvation, the religious form that tends to predominate above all others, works as a device that disconnects people from their mother-culture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16e47eb3936f442396e9f92edb4dfb3c2022-12-22T00:15:14ZporCentro Brasileiro de Análise e PlanejamentoNovos Estudos CEBRAP0101-33002seS0101-33002006000200002Religion as a solvent: a lectureAntônio Flávio PierucciAnthony DoyleContrary 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 maintains that the universal religion of individual salvation, the religious form that tends to predominate above all others, works as a device that disconnects people from their mother-culture.http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-33002006000200002&lng=en&tlng=enreligionconversionsociology of religionMax WeberÉmile Durkheim |
| spellingShingle | Antônio Flávio Pierucci Anthony Doyle Religion as a solvent: a lecture Novos Estudos CEBRAP religion conversion sociology of religion Max Weber Émile Durkheim |
| title | Religion as a solvent: a lecture |
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| topic | religion conversion sociology of religion Max Weber Émile Durkheim |
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