The destiny of modern societies : the Calvinist predestination of a new society /

Zafirovski, Milan, 1958-

The destiny of modern societies : the Calvinist predestination of a new society / by Milan Zafirovski. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - 1 online resource (ix, 621 pages) - Studies in critical social sciences, v. 14 1573-4234 ; . - Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 14. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents; Introduction; I. America's Destiny and Calvinism; The "First New Nation" and European Calvinism; Calvinism--The Genesis and "Destiny" of America?; Calvinist Predestination via the Puritan "Destiny" of America; The Nature and Scope of the Calvinist "Predestination" of the "New Nation"; Appendix: America's "Destiny" and Tocqueville, Weber, and Marx; II. America's Calvinist "Destiny" Identifi ed and Specifi ed; What is America's Calvinist "Destiny"?; Bibliocracy from the Genesis to the Destiny; The Calvinist Design and System of Theocracy Reconsidered. From Calvinist Theocracy to the Moralistic "Tyranny of Puritanism" to "Moral Fascism"Calvinist Theocracy as Total Society; III. Economic System of Calvinist Theocracy; A Theocratic Master-Servant Economy; Elements and Subtypes of the Calvinist Pure Master-Servant Economy; The Calvinist Slave Economy; Calvinist Feudal Servitude; The Calvinist Caste System; Elements of the Calvinist Diluted Master-Servant Economy; Calvinist Predatory Capitalism; IV. Po.

Applying the idea of the destiny of societies or nations, the book argues, demonstrates, and illustrates the Calvinist societal "predestination," through the Puritan determination, of American society.

9789047429739 (electronic bk.) 9047429737 (electronic bk.) 9789004176294 (cloth) 9004176292 (cloth) 1282401424 9781282401426

10.1163/ej.9789004176294.i-622 doi

240142 MIL


Christian sociology--Calvinism.
Calvinism.
Predestination.
Calvinism--History.--United States
Religion and sociology.
Calvinisme.
Prédestination.
Sociologie religieuse.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.
Calvinism.
Predestination.
Religion and sociology.
Calvinisme.
Puritanisme.
Sociale aspecten.


United States.
Verenigde Staten.


Electronic books.
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