A Comparative Sociology of World Religions : Virtuosi, Priests, and Popular Religion / Stephen Sharot.
Sharot, Stephen, author.
2001
BL60 .S529 2001eb
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Title A Comparative Sociology of World Religions : Virtuosi, Priests, and Popular Religion / Stephen Sharot.
Author Sharot, Stephen, author.
ISBN 9780814786635
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814786635.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2001]
Copyright ©2001
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9780814786635.001.0001 doi
Call Number BL60 .S529 2001eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.6
Summary 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.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
I Concepts and Theories
1 World Religions, Elites, and Popular Religion
2 Religious Action: A Weberian Model
3 Elites and Masses: Max Weber,Weberian Scholars, and Marxist Analysis
II Religious Action in the World Religions
4 China: State Religion, Elites, and Popular Religion in a Syncretistic Milieu
5 India: Brahmans, Renouncers, and Popular Hinduism
6 Nirvana and Spirits: Buddhism and Animism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia
7 Hierocracy and Popular Religion: Catholicism in "Traditional" Europe
8 Elite Scholars and Popular Saints: A Brief Excursus on Islam and Judaism
9 Protestants, Catholics, and the Reform of Popular Religion
10 Comparisons
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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