Participation and beliefs in popular religiosity : an empirical-theological exploration among Italian Catholics / by Francesco Zaccaria.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308).

Cover13; -- Contents13; -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 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: Scheff233; Tests -- Appendix Four: Beliefs and Gender -- Bibliography -- Index.

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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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