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Rural Organization and Receptivity to Protestantism in Sixteenth-century Europe.
- Source :
- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion; Jun97, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p158, 24p, 8 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- In this paper, I hypothesize and show evidence for a causal link between local land use systems and popular receptivity to ascetic, rationalist religions in sixteenth-century Germany, France, the Netherlands, and England. Rationalist religions typically received popular support in regions characterized by individual property rights in land and little communal control over agriculture. I argue that this social organization of agriculture gave rise to individualistic value systems, which had an affinity with rationalist, ascetic belief systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PROTESTANT churches
PROTESTANTISM
LAND economics
CHURCH history
SOCIAL interaction
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218294
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9709173211
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1387550