Perhaps best known for his coauthored bestselling books "Habits of the Heart" and "The Good Society," Bellah is a visionary leader in the social study of religion. This reader brings together 28 of his seminal essays.
Perhaps best known for his coauthored bestselling books "Habits of the Heart" and "The Good Society," Bellah is a visionary leader in the social study of religion. This reader brings together 28 of his seminal essays.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert N. Bellah is the Elliott Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He coauthored The Good Society and Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and has sold more than 500,000 copies. His other books include Imagining Japan, The Broken Covenant, and Beyond Belief. In 2000 President Clinton awarded Bellah the National Humanities Medal. Steven M. Tipton teaches sociology and religion at Emory University and its Candler School of Theology, where he is a Professor and Director of the Graduate Division of Religion. He is the author of Getting Saved from the Sixties and Public Pulpits (forthcoming) and a coauthor of The Good Society and Habits of the Heart.
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Preface vii Introduction 1 I. Comparative and Theoretical 19 1. Religious Evolution 23 2. The Five Religions of Modern Italy 51 3. To Kill and Survive or to Die and Become 81 4. Stories as Arrows: The Religious Response to Modernity 107 5. Max Weber and World-Denying Love 123 6. Durkheim and Ritual 150 7 Rousseau on Society and the Individual 181 8. The History of Habit 203 II. American Religion 221 9. Civil Religion in America 225 10. Religion and the Legitimation of the American Republic 246 11. The New Religious Consciousness and the Crisis of Modernity 265 12. The Kingdom of God in America: Language of Faith, Language of Nation, Language of Empire 285 13. Citizenship, Diversity, and the Search for the Common Good 303 14. Is There a Common American Culture? 319 15. Flaws in the Protestant Code: Theological Roots of American Individualism 333 16. The New American Empire 350 17. God and King 357 III. University and Society 18. The Ethical Aims of Social Inquiry 381 19. Class Wars and Culture Wars in the University Today 402 20. Freedom, Coercion, and Authority 410 21. The True Scholar 421 22. Education for Justice and the Common Good 434 IV. Sociology and Theology 451 23. On Being Catholic and American 457 24. Religious Pluralism and Religious Truth 474 25. Texts, Sacred and Profane 490 26. Epiphany: “Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit” 504 27. Pentecost: “Beginning in the End of Times” 510 28. All Souls Day: “The Living and the Dead in Communion” 515 Bibliography of Words by Robert N. Bellah 523 Index 542
Preface vii Introduction 1 I. Comparative and Theoretical 19 1. Religious Evolution 23 2. The Five Religions of Modern Italy 51 3. To Kill and Survive or to Die and Become 81 4. Stories as Arrows: The Religious Response to Modernity 107 5. Max Weber and World-Denying Love 123 6. Durkheim and Ritual 150 7 Rousseau on Society and the Individual 181 8. The History of Habit 203 II. American Religion 221 9. Civil Religion in America 225 10. Religion and the Legitimation of the American Republic 246 11. The New Religious Consciousness and the Crisis of Modernity 265 12. The Kingdom of God in America: Language of Faith, Language of Nation, Language of Empire 285 13. Citizenship, Diversity, and the Search for the Common Good 303 14. Is There a Common American Culture? 319 15. Flaws in the Protestant Code: Theological Roots of American Individualism 333 16. The New American Empire 350 17. God and King 357 III. University and Society 18. The Ethical Aims of Social Inquiry 381 19. Class Wars and Culture Wars in the University Today 402 20. Freedom, Coercion, and Authority 410 21. The True Scholar 421 22. Education for Justice and the Common Good 434 IV. Sociology and Theology 451 23. On Being Catholic and American 457 24. Religious Pluralism and Religious Truth 474 25. Texts, Sacred and Profane 490 26. Epiphany: “Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit” 504 27. Pentecost: “Beginning in the End of Times” 510 28. All Souls Day: “The Living and the Dead in Communion” 515 Bibliography of Words by Robert N. Bellah 523 Index 542
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