Official and Popular Religion : : Analysis of a Theme for Religious Studies / / ed. by Jacques Waardenburg, Pieter Hendrik Vrijhof.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies <1990
• MitwirkendeR: Baal, J. Van,; Beek, W. E. A. Van,; Bouritius, G. J. F.,; Broek, R. Van Den,; Doeve, J. W.,; Donders, C. J. M.,; Frijhoff, W. Th. M.,; Hoens, D. J.,; Huisman, J. A.,; Kamstra, J. H.,; Kloppenborg, M.A.G.T.,; Platvoet, J.G.,; Ransdorp, R.,; Roebroeck, E.J.M.G.,; Staples, P.,; Vrijhof, P. H.,; Waardenburg, J. D. J.,; Waardenburg, J.D.J.,; Wichers, A. J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Vrijhof, Pieter Hendrik,; Waardenburg, Jacques,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: Reprint 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Society , 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (739 p.)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• Part One. Official And Popular Religion In Western Christianity
• 1. Popular Religious Practices and Ecclesiastical Policies in the Early Church
• 2. Christianity and Germanic Religion
• 3. Official and Popular Religion in Christianity : The Late Middle-Ages and Early Modern Times (13th - 18th centuries)
• 4. Popular and Official Religion in Christianity: Three Cases in Nineteenth Century Europe
• 5. A Problem for Sociology: Contemporary Developments in the Roman-Catholic Church
• 6. Some Reflections on the Position of the Christian Religion in a Situation of Affluence: The Welfare State
• 7. Official and Popular Religion in Twentieth Century Western Christianity
• 8. Official and Popular Religion in an Ecumenical Perspective
• 9. Some Psychological Remarks on Official and Popular Religion
• Part Two. Official and Popular Religion in Religions outside Christianity
• 10. Official and Popular Religion in Judaism
• 11. Official and Popular Religion as a Problem in Islamic Studies
• 12. Official and Popular Religion in the Chinese Empire
• 13. The Complexity of Japanese Religion
• 14. The Movements of Hams Ji Maharaj and of Chinmayananda as Processes of Change in Hinduism
• 15. Some Reflexions on the Study of Sinhalese Buddhism
• 16. Traditional Religion as a Locus of Change
• 17. The Akan Believer and his Religions
• 18. The Role of Truth and Meaning in Changing Religious Systems
• Part Three: Summaries And Conclusion
• 19. Summaries of the Contributions
• 20. Conclusion
• 21. Suggestions for Further Research
• Part Four. Indexes
• Index of Proper Names
• Index of Subjects
• Index of Non-Western Terms