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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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WANG YANG-MING (1472-1529):

WARFIELD, Benjamin Breckinridge (1851-1921):

WATTS, Isaac (1674-1748):

WEBER, Max (1864-1920):

WEIL, Simone (1909-1943):

WELLHAUSEN, Julius (1844-1918):

WELTANSCHAUUNG:

WESLEY, Charles (1707-1788):

WESLEY, John (1703-179l):

WESTCOTT, Brooke Foss (1825-1901):

WESTPHALIA, THE PEACE OF:

WHITEHEAD, Alfred North (1861-1947):

WHITFIELD, George (1714-1770):

WILBERFORCE, William (1759-1833):

WILL TO BELIEVE:

WILLIAMS, Charles Walter Stansby (1886-1945):

WISDOM LITERATURE:

WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, (1889-1951):

WOLFF, Christian (1679-1754):

WORDSWORTH, Christopher (1807-1885):

WORDSWORTH, William (1770-1850):

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES:

WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD:

WUNDT, William (1832-1900):

WYCLIFFE, John (1330-1384):

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WEBER, Max (1864-1920):

German SOCIOLOGIST whose influential works including The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1920) did much to promote the SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION. His important contributions include the use of IDEAL TYPES, discussions of CHARISMA, and his most famous PROTESTANT ETHIC thesis which is often referred to as the "Weber Thesis."