Max Weber's useful ambiguities and the problem of defining "popular religion"

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 605-626

  Berlinerblau, Jacques ^a,b  

^a Department of Comparative Literature and Languages ^*

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 31944434894     PISSN: 00027189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/69.3.605     Document Type: Review

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