Every religion has tensions within it between the:

Individual.......................................................................................................................Social

Cult..............................................................................................................................Church

Mystical................................................................................................................Sacramental

Prophets.............................................................................................................Traditionalists

Emotional....................................................................................................................Rational

Nature..........................................................................................................................Culture

Saints...........................................................................................................Religious Legalists

Archaic Layers.................................................................................................Modern Layers

Affirmation of Culture.........................................................................Withdrawal from Culture

Theism....................................................................................................................Polytheism

Nonhistorical (cosmic)..............................................................................................Historical

This-worldly......................................................................................................Other-worldly

Monotheism...........................................................................................................Polytheism

Popular Religion...............................................................................Religion of the Specialists