"This interesting volume of essays on contemporary religion and its
ambivalent relationship to modernity not only serves as a testimony
to the intellectual influence of Robert Bellah, it establishes a
new school of comparative religious and social thought. This
Bellahian school--at the intersection of sociological, theological,
and contemporary philosophical thinking--has roots in Durkheim and
Weber, borrows insights from Marx, Foucault, and Bourdieu, and
finds its clearest voice in the writings of Bellah himself. The
essays by some of Bellah's colleagues and former students that have
been gathered in this volume address some of the most sagacious of
these Bellahian themes: the religious demension of contemporary
civil societies, the relationship between religious and capitalist
values, the cultural critique of modernity, and the moral visions
that hold a promise of civic renewal."--Mark Juergensmeyer, author
of "Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious
Violence (California, 2000).
"This highly readable collection of original, thought-provoking
essays by leading scholars provides fresh insights into the issues
that Robert Bellah has addressed so fruitfully in his long career.
Readers will learn much about such issues as how Calvinism
contributed to political revolution, why democracies require an
enlarged sense of political community, how the religious
foundations of Japan and the United States differ, and what it
means to be a Christian and an American."--Benton Johnson, coauthor
of "Vanishing Boundaries: The Religion of Protestant Baby Boomers
(1994) and author of "Functionalism in Modern Sociology:
Understanding Talcott Parsons (1975)
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