Following the debate on the relationship between capitalism and religion, this paper discusses the role of religion in …. Nevertheless, to simply equate capitalism with religion, as many authors have suggested, would be shortsighted. Rather, as a … characterization of the contemporary relationship between capitalism and religion, Paul Tillich's concept of the 'demonic' appears more …

individualism but inherently connected to the social and moral order of society. Durkheim's sociology of religion is thus read as a … between three types of value: Physical value, positional value and imaginative value. Based on Durkheim's sociology of … religion, I argue that imaginative value emerges from the imaginative connections made between goods and socially rooted values …

Among leftists, predicting the end of capitalism is a favorite parlor game. For example, as a graduate student in the … Belgian Marxist Ernest Mandel, the foreword concluded that it was ‘most unlikely’ that capitalism would survive another half …-century. This prediction (and many like it) did not age well. What capitalism’s critics often misunderstand is that social orders …

supreme-God churches, and in this paper we outline the role of these churches and their militias in capitalism generally and …

Wissenschaft mit der sozialstrukturellen Zusammensetzung der Professorenschaft im Fach Soziologie. Grundlage ist eine …-structural composition of professors in the field of sociology. This investigation is based upon a full survey of professors at sociological …