@article{1480254,
      recid = {1480254},
      author = {Sharot, Stephen, },
      title = {A Comparative Sociology of World Religions : Virtuosi,  Priests, and Popular Religion /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {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 influenced by, the wider socio-political  environment. After introducing the book's major themes, the  volume introduces and builds upon an analysis of Weber's  model of religious action, drawing on Durkheim, Marxist  scholars, and the work of contemporary sociologists and  anthropolgists. The following chapters each focus on major  religious cultures, including Hinduism, Buddhism,  Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Judaism, and the  religions of China and Japan. This ambitious project is the  first to offer a comparison of the popular, or folk, forms  of religion around the world. Sharot's accessible  introductions to each of the world religions, synthesizing  a vast literature on popular religion from sociology,  anthropology, and historians of religion, make the project  ideal for course use. His comparative approach and original  analyses will prove rewarding even for experts on each of  the world religions.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1480254},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814786635.001.0001},
}