Protestant Modernity: Weber, Secularization, and Protestantism

by Anthony J. Carroll S.J.

Overview

Max Weber’s sociological theories of secularization have vastly influenced the study of Protestant belief. Protestant Modernity offers a multifaceted understanding of secularization within the broader context of nineteenth-century liberal Protestantism. Anthony J. Carroll reconstructs Weber’s original writings to highlight Protestant motifs, reviews current secularization theories, and settles debates about contested meanings of secularization in this volume that will be essential reading for students and scholars of theology and the sociology of religion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589661639
Publisher:	University of Scranton Press
Publication date:	12/15/2007
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Anthony J. Carroll, S. J. is assistant director of the Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life and lecturer in philosophy and theology at Heythrop College, University of London.
 
 
 

Table of Contents

Dedication
 
Acknowledgments
 
Introduction
 
Abbreviations
 
Chapter 1. Historical and Systematic Aspects of Modern Secularisation
 
Chapter 2. Setting the Scene
 
Chapter 3. Secularisation in Weber's Sociology of Religion
 
Chapter 4. Secularisation in Weber's Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (WuG) and Munich Speeches
 
Chapter 5. The Protestant Heritage of Weber's Theory of Secularisation
 
Conclusion
 
Bibliography
 
Index