Sociology of religion as a recapitulation of Christian replacement theology: Max Weber and the prophetic roots of western rationalism

This paper discusses the dependence of current sociological efforts towards explaining the rise of western rationalism on Christian replacement theology. Replacement theology is the view that Jesus redeeming sacrifice reported in the Gospels superseded and replaced Judaism because it made universal...

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Main Author: Renan Springer de Freitas
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais (ANPOCS) 2008-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-69092008000100004&lng=en&tlng=en