A comparative sociology of world religions virtuosos, priests, and popular religion

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1. Verfasser: Sharot, Stephen (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York New York University Press c2001
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • World religions, elites, and popular religion
  • Religious action : a Weberian model
  • Elites and masses : Max Weber, Weberian scholars, and Marxist analysis
  • China : state religion, elites, and popular religion in a syncretistic milieu
  • India : Brahmans, renouncers, and popular Hinduism
  • Nirvana and spirits : Buddhism and animism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia
  • Hierocracy and popular religion : Catholicism in 'traditional' Europe
  • Elite scholars and popular saints : a brief excursus on Islam and Judaism
  • Protestants, Catholics, and the reform of popular religion
  • Comparisons