tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10020592.post7741034769273432954..comments2024-03-21T12:32:39.345-05:00Comments on Frankly Speaking: Notes on Robert A. Orsi, Madonna of 115th StreetFrank Bellizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07949066335378651585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10020592.post-59754900671900986382018-10-23T07:06:49.627-05:002018-10-23T07:06:49.627-05:00Unknown,
As I recall this book, Orsi's argume...Unknown,<br /><br />As I recall this book, Orsi's argument is broad and indirect. What he is implicitly saying is that the way that millions of religious people actually think about and practice their religion is much more significant than the official teachings of church leaders. Religious history is usually written from sources produced by prominent leaders. Orsi is writing religious history from the opposite direction: he argues that what the great masses of people do (as in the festa in Italian Harlem), this "lived religion" is what religious historians ought to try to understand. Frank Bellizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949066335378651585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10020592.post-13189411216307177962018-10-17T12:24:45.937-05:002018-10-17T12:24:45.937-05:00What do you think Robert Orsi is trying to argue i...What do you think Robert Orsi is trying to argue in this bookAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12819657349000011301noreply@blogger.com