2. Christianity and Germanic Religion

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. List of Contributors XIII
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One. Official And Popular Religion In Western Christianity
7. 1. Popular Religious Practices and Ecclesiastical Policies in the Early Church 11
8. 2. Christianity and Germanic Religion 55
9. 3. Official and Popular Religion in Christianity : The Late Middle-Ages and Early Modern Times (13th - 18th centuries) 71
10. 4. Popular and Official Religion in Christianity: Three Cases in Nineteenth Century Europe 117
11. 5. A Problem for Sociology: Contemporary Developments in the Roman-Catholic Church 166
12. 6. Some Reflections on the Position of the Christian Religion in a Situation of Affluence: The Welfare State 200
13. 7. Official and Popular Religion in Twentieth Century Western Christianity 217
14. 8. Official and Popular Religion in an Ecumenical Perspective 244
15. 9. Some Psychological Remarks on Official and Popular Religion 294
16. Part Two. Official and Popular Religion in Religions outside Christianity
17. 10. Official and Popular Religion in Judaism 325
18. 11. Official and Popular Religion as a Problem in Islamic Studies 340
19. 12. Official and Popular Religion in the Chinese Empire 387
20. 13. The Complexity of Japanese Religion 427
21. 14. The Movements of Hams Ji Maharaj and of Chinmayananda as Processes of Change in Hinduism 462
22. 15. Some Reflexions on the Study of Sinhalese Buddhism 487
23. 16. Traditional Religion as a Locus of Change 514
24. 17. The Akan Believer and his Religions 544
25. 18. The Role of Truth and Meaning in Changing Religious Systems 607
26. Part Three: Summaries And Conclusion
27. 19. Summaries of the Contributions 631
28. 20. Conclusion 668
29. 21. Suggestions for Further Research 700
30. Part Four. Indexes
31. Index of Proper Names 707
32. Index of Subjects 719
33. Index of Non-Western Terms 737