A comparative sociology of world religions virtuosos, priests, and popular religion / Stephen Sharot.

Author/creator Sharot, Stephen
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press,
Descriptionvii, 344 p. ; 24 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-335) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2001000737
ISBN0814798047 (alk. paper)
ISBN0814798055 (pbk.)

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