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Anthropological Methods for the Study of Religion
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The sociology of religion is a sub-discipline of sociology. In this area we find a number of classic texts are freely available online plus a few new modern sociology textbooks that were recently publsihed as open educational resourcs. Hopefully more will appear in the future.
         
sociological methods
These two recently published textbooks are a great deal. They are free to download in pdf format from BCcampus OpenEd program. Click on the pictures to get the book.
introduction to sociology
         

elementary forms

Emile Durkheim
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life

 

 

protestant ethnic


Max Weber,
Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

From Max Weber

Essays in Sociology

politics as vocation

Politics as Vocation

 

protestantism and progress

Ernst Troeltsch, Protestantism and Progress

 

 
All texts and graphics on Understanding World Religions are protected by copyright, 1995, 199, 2011. Permission to reproduce material found on this Web Site must be obtained from the appropriate copyright owner. World religions graphic by Christopher Tobias from Irving Hexham's Understanding World Religions, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2012, and Roberta Polfus, from the Concise Dictionary of Religion, InterVarsity Press, Carol Stream, 1994.