The Sociology of Religion / Edition 2

by Max Weber, Ann Swidler, Ephraim Fischoff

Overview

In The Sociology of Religion, first published in the United States in 1963, Max Weber looks at the significant role religion has played in social change throughout history. The book was a formative text of the new discipline of sociology and has gone on to become a classic in the social sciences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807042052
Publisher:	Beacon Press
Publication date:	04/28/1993
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.35(w) x 8.02(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

Max Weber (1864-1920) was a principal creator of modern social science.

Editorial Reviews

"Weber has the rare ability to ask the right questions – truly important questions which others had overlooked – and, in addition, to develop contextual tools which contribute to their solution. For this reason he has become a scholar's scholar." – Christian Century

"The book is the most crucial contribution of our century to the comparitive and evolutionary understanding of the relationship between society and religion, and even society and culture generally." – Talcott Parsons, from the introduction

"Max Weber ... exemplifies the way in which the moral stamina to live with some of the major existential dilemnas of an age can enrich a scholar's work and ennoble his life." – The New York Times Book Review

From the Publisher

**** Reprint of the Beacon Press edition of 1963 (cited in BCL3. This new printing of the classic contains a new foreword by Ann Swindler. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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