(caveat: N=2 so far)
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it is totally cool to have 2.5+ page single footnotes. multiple per chapter is even better
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brutal beef with your fellow academics is also good
One should really criticize only those studies that one has really read, or in those cases when their arguments, if read, have not already been forgotten. (Weber 176)
The praiseworthy bluntness and almost brutal directness of the statements of Nathusius, however, only reveal a confusion of thought which exists in many other minds, though it may be expressed in a less obvious manner.1 (Troeltsch 33)
Weber, Max, and Stephen Kalberg. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: The Expanded 1920 Version Authorized by Max Weber for Publication in Book Form. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury, 2002. (revised/updated German publication 1920)
Troeltsch, Ernst. The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches. Translated by Olive Wyon. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992. (original German publication 1912)
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The full quote here is actually really good.
The praiseworthy bluntness and almost brutal directness of the statements of Nathusius, however, only reveal a confusion of thought which exists in many other minds, though it may be expressed in a less obvious manner. Men think that with the “Social”, that is the “sociological” nature of the Church, they have already solved “social” problems, that is, the problems which belong to the life of Society and of the State. They think that if they form an organization which expresses the love which flows forth from God and returns to Him once more, they are also meeting the need of the social groups which make up humanity as a whole. However, that cannot be admitted for an instant; indeed, every idea of that kind only obscures the understanding of the real historical significance of the Gospel, and of its historical development, and all the talk we hear so frequently about the “social spirit of Christianity” is full of this ambiguous meaning, even with reference to the problems of the present day. These ideas are not necessarily false, but they can be interpreted in various ways, and they lead us astray.
Not sure where to go with this but it felt important to include this relevant message from 1912.
