Understanding folk religion : a Christian response to popular beliefs and practices / Paul Hiebert, R. Daniel Shaw, Tite Tiénou.
Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c1999.Description: 412 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0801022193
- 9780801022197
- 291.3 H531un
- BR127 .H54 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-402) and index.
Section 1. Developing an analytical model. Split-level Christianity -- Phenomenology of religion -- Amazing belief systems -- Folk and formal religions -- Section 2. Folk religious beliefs. The meaning of life and death -- Human well-being and misfortune -- Guidance and the unknown -- Right and wrong -- Section 3. Folk religious practices. The world of sacred signs -- Sacred myths -- Religious rituals -- Religious leaders and institutions -- Religious movements -- Section 4. Christian responses to folk religion. Theological responses to folk religion -- Missiological responses.
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