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Participation and beliefs in popular religiosity : an empirical-theological exploration among Italian Catholics /

Exploring the relation between popular religious participation and beliefs about God, human suffering, Jesus Christ and the church, this empirical-theological study offers the picture of a complementary relation between popular religiosity and official religion within Italian Catholicism.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zaccaria, Francesco, 1978-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Empirical studies in theology ; v. 18.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover13;
  • Contents13;
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter One Introduction
  • 1.1 Why Investigate Popular Religiosity?
  • 1.2 Popular Religiosity: A Problematic Topic
  • 1.3 Popular Religiosity: Participation and Beliefs in the Catholic Church
  • 1.4 Research Goal and Problem
  • 1.5 Conceptual Model
  • 1.6 Research Questions
  • 1.7 Methods
  • 1.8 Overview of the Study
  • Chapter Two Participation in Popular Religiosity in the Catholic Church
  • 2.1 Dualistic Approaches to Popular Religiosity
  • 2.2 A Complementary Approach to Popular Religiosity
  • 2.3 Theological Legitimisation of a Complementary Approach
  • 2.4 Participation in Popular Religiosity
  • Chapter Three Beliefs about God
  • 3.1 Traditional Beliefs about God in the Teachings of the Catholic Church
  • 3.2 Beliefs about God in Popular Religiosity
  • 3.3 Conceptualisation of Beliefs about God
  • 3.4 Beliefs about God in High and Low Level Popular Religious Participation
  • Chapter Four Beliefs about Suffering
  • 4.1 Approaches to Theodicy in the Teachings of the Catholic Church
  • 4.2 Approaches to Theodicy in Popular Religiosity
  • 4.3 Conceptualisation of Beliefs about Suffering
  • 4.4 Beliefs about Suffering in High and Low Level Popular Religious Participation
  • Chapter Five Beliefs about Jesus Christ
  • 5.1 Dialectics between the Humanity and Divinity of Jesus Christ
  • 5.2 Conceptualisation of Beliefs about Jesus Christ
  • 5.3 Beliefs about Jesus Christ in High and Low Level Popular Religious Participation
  • Chapter Six Beliefs about the Church
  • 6.1 Beliefs about Participation in the Church: Dimension ad intra
  • 6.2 Beliefs about the Relation between Church and Society: Dimension ad extra
  • Chapter Seven Effects of Popular Religious Participation on Beliefs
  • 7.1 Assumed Effect of Popular Religious Participation on Beliefs
  • 7.2 Popular Religious Participation Affects Beliefs: Theoretical Model
  • 7.3 Popular Religious Participation Affects Beliefs: Empirical Outcomes
  • Chapter Eight Synopsis and Recommendations
  • 8.1. Synopsis
  • 8.2. Recommendations
  • Appendix One: Measuring Instruments
  • Appendix Two: Factor Analyses
  • Appendix Three: Scheff233; Tests
  • Appendix Four: Beliefs and Gender
  • Bibliography
  • Index.