Participation and Beliefs in Popular Religiosity ：An Empirical-Theological Exploration among Italian Catholics ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：An Empirical-Theological Exploration among Italian Catholics

Publication series ：1

Author： Zaccaria   Francesco  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9789004193666

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004180963

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004180963

Subject： B929 宗教史、宗教地理

Keyword： 宗教

Language： ENG

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Description

Exploring the relation between popular religious participation and beliefs about God, human suffering, Jesus Christ and the church, this empirical-theological study offers the picture of a complementary relation between popular religiosity and official religion within Italian Catholicism.

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Acknowledgements

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Chapter One Introduction

1.1 Why Investigate Popular Religiosity?

1.2 Popular Religiosity: A Problematic Topic

1.3 Popular Religiosity: Participation and Beliefs in the Catholic Church

1.4 Research Goal and Problem

1.5 Conceptual Model

1.6 Research Questions

1.7 Methods

1.8 Overview of the Study

Chapter Two Participation in Popular Religiosity in the Catholic Church

2.1 Dualistic Approaches to Popular Religiosity

2.2 A Complementary Approach to Popular Religiosity

2.3 Theological Legitimisation of a Complementary Approach

2.4 Participation in Popular Religiosity

Chapter Three Beliefs about God

3.1 Traditional Beliefs about God in the Teachings of the Catholic Church

3.2 Beliefs about God in Popular Religiosity

3.3 Conceptualisation of Beliefs about God

3.4 Beliefs about God in High and Low Level Popular Religious Participation

Chapter Four Beliefs about Suffering

4.1 Approaches to Theodicy in the Teachings of the Catholic Church

4.2 Approaches to Theodicy in Popular Religiosity

4.3 Conceptualisation of Beliefs about Suffering

4.4 Beliefs about Suffering in High and Low Level Popular Religious Participation

Chapter Five Beliefs about Jesus Christ

5.1 Dialectics between the Humanity and Divinity of Jesus Christ

5.2 Conceptualisation of Beliefs about Jesus Christ

5.3 Beliefs about Jesus Christ in High and Low Level Popular Religious Participation

Chapter Six Beliefs about the Church

6.1 Beliefs about Participation in the Church: Dimension ad intra

6.2 Beliefs about the Relation between Church and Society: Dimension ad extra

Chapter Seven Effects of Popular Religious Participation on Beliefs

7.1 Assumed Effect of Popular Religious Participation on Beliefs

7.2 Popular Religious Participation Affects Beliefs: Theoretical Model

7.3 Popular Religious Participation Affects Beliefs: Empirical Outcomes

Chapter Eight Synopsis and Recommendations

8.1. Synopsis

8.2. Recommendations

Appendix One: Measuring Instruments

Appendix Two: Factor Analyses

Appendix Three: Scheffé Tests

Appendix Four: Beliefs and Gender

Bibliography

Index

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