Modern puritans: national character and religious ideology in U.S. Society

This essay addresses the shaping influence of Protestant Puritanism on the essential ways of acting and thinking of the U.S. population. Although ostensibly secular, the cultural traits of the society under study are in fact rooted in the religious values of the past. In the broader sense, they repr...

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Autor principal: Camara, Evandro; ESU – Emporia State University. Emporia – KS – Estados Unidos da América.
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Portugués
Publicado: Estudos de Sociologia 2013
Materias:
Religion; Protestantism; Puritanism; Calvinism; Rationalization of life;
Religião; Protestantismo; Puritanismo; Calvinismo; Racionalização da Vida;
Acceso en línea:http://seer.fclar.unesp.br/estudos/article/view/4845
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=br/br-048&d=article4845oai
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Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) de Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
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Sumario:This essay addresses the shaping influence of Protestant Puritanism on the essential ways of acting and thinking of the U.S. population. Although ostensibly secular, the cultural traits of the society under study are in fact rooted in the religious values of the past. In the broader sense, they represent the approach to the rationalization of life relied on by the group.

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