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How is Durkheim’s theory of religion different from Max Weber’s theory of religion?

  • UPSC 2016
  • Religion and Society

Émile Durkheim and Max Weber both explained religion sociologically rather than theologically, and both took it seriously as a real force. But Durkheim asked what religion does for society, while Weber asked how religious meanings shape action and history. The difference runs from definition to method to their view of modernity.

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