Baum, Gregory, 1923-,

Religion and alienation : a theological reading of sociology / [print] Gregory Baum. - second edition. - Toronto, Ont. : Novalis Pub. ; 2007. Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, (c)2007. - 258 pages ; 23 cm.



Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- A short bibliography -- Religion as source of alienation : the young Hegel -- Religion as product of alienation : the young Marx -- Alienation in industrial society : Ferdinand Toennies -- The ambiguity of religion : a biblical account -- The ambiguity of religion : a social science account -- The discovery of the symbolic : Freud and Durkheim -- The secularization debate -- Creative religion : Max Weber's perspective -- Critical theology -- The eschatological promises -- After thirty years.



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Christian sociology.
Alienation (Theology)

BT738 BT738.B347.R455 2007