| Description |
vii, 344 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-335) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology.
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Religions.
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| ISBN |
0814798047 alkaline paper |
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0814798055 paperback |
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