Author: Weber, Max
Title: The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism
Description: Glencoe [IL], The Free Press, (1958). orig.cloth. 20x14cm, vii,392 pp, Translated by Hans H. Gerth & Don Martindale.. Rubbed. Cover spotting. Some page edge soil. Good. ¶ Contents: The Hindu Social System: India & Hinduism; The Main Grouping of the Castes; Caste Forms & Schisms; Orthodox & Heterodox Holy Teaching of the Indian Intellectuals: Anti-Orgiastic & Ritualistic Character of Brahmanical Religiosity; Orthodox Hinduism; The Heterodox Soteriologies of the Cultured Professional Monks; The Asiatic Sects & the Redemption Religions: The Transformation of Ancient Buddhism; The Missions; The Orthodox Restoration in India; The General Character of Asiatic Religion.

Keywords: Sociology of Religion, Ancient India, Hindu, Hinduism, Buddhist, Buddhism, Social Theory, ,