Religious Diffusion and Modernization

A preliminary reflection on the spread of Islam in Indonesia and its impact on social change

Bibliographic Data

ID4180210
AuthorsReuven Kahane (corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume21
Issue1
Pages116-138
Publication date1980-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003975600003544
OpenAlexW2171350024
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited51

The transformative capacity of most religions to initiate modern, capitalistic societies has been extensively investigated (Bellah 1957 and 1965; Eisenstadt 1968; Geertz i960 and 1968; Gellner 1969; Levenson 1968; Rodinson 1974; Sardar 1977; Soedjatmoko 1965; Turner 1974; Weber 1958a, 1958band 1964). However, most scholars have not been able to come to definite conclusions regarding the capacity of religions to legitimate modern development. This is because it is assumed that every 'big' religion contains the potential to legitimate different, even contradictory, patterns of social change. Thus, perhaps it would be useful, when studying a given religion, to analyze the conditions under which a certain pattern of social change is utilized, as well as the interests such a pattern serves

Islam · Modernization theory · Political science · Social change · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Transformative learning · Asian Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies

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