Kálvin János társadalometikájának sorsfordító gyökerei
Sociologists have often analysed religion in relation to culture and the theme of transformation.4 Some have spoken about religion as providing coherence for society (Durkheim); or as alienating humanity from true freedom (Marx); but also as transforming society (Weber). No doubt religion can play all these roles among others. Sociologists have also distinguished between religions which seek an ‘otherworldly’ asceticism, and those which seek an ‘inner-worldly’ influence. Or, an alternative wording for this is to speak of ‘world-negating’ and ‘world-formative’ types of faith. Among Niebuhr’s five relationships between faith and culture, Calvinism weigh sin under the category of transformation, announcing it will reform things.
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