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A Comparative Sociology of World Religions : Virtuosi, Priests, and Popular Religion.
A Sociology of World Religions presents a comparative analysis of the world's religions, focusing on the differences and interrelationships between religious elites and lay masses. In each case the volume contextualizes how the relationships between these two religious forms fit within, and are...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; I Concepts and Theories; 1 World Religions, Elites, and Popular Religion; 2 Religious Action: A Weberian Model; 3 Elites and Masses: Max Weber, Weberian Scholars, and Marxist Analysis; II Religious Action in the World Religions; 4 China: State Religion, Elites, and Popular Religion in a Syncretistic Milieu; 5 India: Brahmans, Renouncers, and Popular Hinduism; 6 Nirvana and Spirits: Buddhism and Animism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia; 7 Hierocracy and Popular Religion: Catholicism in"Traditional" Europe.
- 8 Elite Scholars and Popular Saints: A Brief Excursuson Islam and Judaism9 Protestants, Catholics, and the Reform of Popular Religion; 10 Comparisons; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.