num_pages: 194
description: The author discerns two distinct currents of personal religion, which he illustrates through striking instances of faith on the part of individual popular piety, or the indirect approach to God through saints, idols, and images as intermediaries; and reflective piety, which seeks direct and immediate union with God himself.
language: English
title: Personal Religion Among the Greeks
titlecomplete: Personal Religion Among the Greeks
ratings_count: 9
series: Sather Classical Lectures
publisher: Praeger