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Introduction

Max Weber's Approach to Religion

Max Weber is the real founder of sociology and the sociology of religion. His conceptions, analyses and constructs have a universal significance in the history of science.

Max Weber's Texts

This is the main project of Weberian Sociology of Religion Homepage. The goal is to make Weber's texts available all over the world. Some of them are a HTML edition of a printed text, and some of them are entirely revised edition by Moriyuki Abukuma.

• The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
• The Sociology of Religion
• Sociology of World Religions: Introduction
• World Rejection and Theodicy
• Sociology of Rulership and Religion

  And More with Annotation ...

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Basic Concepts in Sociology Translated by H. P. Secher; The Citadel Press, 1962
The Theory of Social and Economic Organization  Translated by Talcott Parsons; Oxford University Press, 1947
The Rational and Social Foundations of Music  Translated by Don Martindale, Gertrude Neuwirth and Johannes Riedel; Southern Illinois University Press, 1958

Abukuma's Weberian Studies

Foundation of Sociology

• Weberian Methodology of Sociological Studies

  "Weber urged social scientists to overcome the 'self deception' of objectivity, insisting every description of an empirical fact cannot escape from the presupposition, or fundamental world view. In this way, Weber introduced the precept of an empathetic understanding of a religious culture. He went further, saying the validity of value-ideas cannot be deduced from empirical facts alone, but from the adequacy of the relationship of a value-idea to reality. At this site, read a scholarly essay pitting Weber's views and methods against Marx and Durkheim" (Netsurfer Education, Volume 2, Issue 7 ).

• Outline of Basic Concepts of Sociology

  Introductory Sociology of Religion

• Sociology of Religious Experience

  Japanese Religions

• Weberian Sociology of Japanese Rulership and Religion
• Nichiren, Buddhist Prophet
• Kanzo Uchimura, Christian Prophet

  Christianity

• Routinization of Charisma in Early Christianity
• William Penn, Founder of Human Rights

References

• Max Weber's Original Texts on CD-ROM (InfoSoftWare) Useful tool for Weberian study.
• Max Weber's Original Texts on CD-ROM for Mac (Digitale Bibliothek)   Now available for Mac. 
• Max Weber's Original Texts On-line (PIA) "If I do not do this, someone does it" (Weber).
• Max Weber's Original Texts On-line for PDF  (U. Bundeswehr München )  
• Max Weber's Life and Work (Coser, 1977) Good and clear introduction of Weber.
• Outline of Max Weber's Major Texts (97 k, University of Chicago) Compact expertise of Weber's major ideas.
• "Max Weber & World-Denying Love: Sociology of Religion" (60 min. via RealPlyer at UCTV) Robert Bellah , Professor of Sociology, Emeritus at the University of California-Berkeley, introduces a Weber's text "World-Rejections of Salvation Religion," especially, the idea of world-denying love (acosmic love) and addresses inescapable tensions between worldly spheres and salvation religion.
• Weberian Analysis of Ethnicity and Nationalism (David Little) Rare study conducted from Weberian viewpoint.
• Sociosite: Max Weber (Albert Benschop) Best directory for sociology.
• Virtual Religion Index (Mahlon Smith) Best directory for the study of religion.