Secular Substitutes For Religion In The Modern World
Secular Substitutes For Religion In The Modern World
Author(s): John RexSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Центар за проучавање религије и верску толеранцију
Keywords: Sociology of Religion. Religious substitutes; Communism and Religion; Religion in Western Politics; Religions without God
Summary/Abstract: This article seeks to consider the ways in which substitutes for religion have been found both through a discussion of the treatment of religion in the classical sociological theories of Weber, Durkheim and Marx and then the way in which in modern societies alternative sets of belief and practices which fulfi l the same function as religion have been developed in the Communist and the post- Communist and Western worlds.
Journal: Политикологија религије
- Issue Year: I/2007
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 3-10
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English