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Cultural blending in Korean death rites : new interpretive approaches /
Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites €examines the cultural encounter of Confucianism and Christianity with particular reference to death rites in Korea. As its overarching interpretive framework, this book employs the idea of the 'total social phenomenon', a concept first introduced by...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Continuum advances in religious studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites €examines the cultural encounter of Confucianism and Christianity with particular reference to death rites in Korea. As its overarching interpretive framework, this book employs the idea of the 'total social phenomenon', a concept first introduced by the French anthropologist Marcel Mauss (1872-1950). From the perspective of the total social phenomenon, this book utilizes a combination of theological, historical, sociological and anthropological approaches, and explores Korean death rites by classifying them into three categories: ritual before deat. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 227 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references ([p. 203]-218) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781441179173 1441179178 9781441134264 1441134263 9781472548979 1472548973 9781441140142 144114014X |