Sharot, Stephen. <br/><br/>
A comparative sociology of world religions  virtuosos, priests, and popular religion /  [electronic resource] : 
Stephen Sharot. 
 - New York :  New York University Press,  c2001. 
 - vii, 344 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-335) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion and sociology.<br/>Religions.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL60  / .S529 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.6