Christopher Adair-Toteff is a philosopher and social theorist. Before retiring he held numerous teaching and research positions at universities including Mississippi State University, the University of South Florida, Sofia University, Zeppelin Universit�t and the University of Kent. He is the author of Max Weber's Sociology of Religion (2016), Fundamental Concepts in Max Weber's Sociology of Religion (AIAA, 2015) and Sociological Beginnings: The First Conference of the German Society for Sociology (University of Chicago Press, 2012). He is editor of The Anthem Companion to Ernst Troeltsch (Anthem Press, 2018), The Anthem Companion to Ferdinand T�nnies (Anthem Press, 2016) and co-editor with Stephen Turner of The Calling of Social Thought: Rediscovering the Work of Edward Shils (Manchester University Press, 2019).