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The author discerns two distinct currents of personal religion, which he illustrates through striking instances of faith on the part of individual Greeks: 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.Festugiere, Andre-Jean is the author of 'Personal Religion Among the Greeks', published 1984 under ISBN 9780313232091 and ISBN 0313232091.
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