A Comparative Sociology of World Religions: Virtuosi, Priests, and Popular Religion

by Stephen Sharot

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814798055
• ISBN13: 9780814798058
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"