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Understanding religious sacrifice : a reader /
This volume provides a thorough introduction to the major classic and modern writings dealing with religious sacrifice. Collected here are twenty five influential selections, each with a brief introduction addressing the overall framework and assumptions of its author. As they present different theo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
2003.
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| Colección: | Controversies in the study of religion.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume provides a thorough introduction to the major classic and modern writings dealing with religious sacrifice. Collected here are twenty five influential selections, each with a brief introduction addressing the overall framework and assumptions of its author. As they present different theories and examples of sacrifice, these selections also discuss important concepts in religious studies such as the origin of religion, totemism, magic, symbolism, violence, structuralism and ritual performance. Students of comparative religion, ritual studies, the history of religions, the anthropolo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 467 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-460) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441109217 1441109218 1283202581 9781283202589 9786613202581 6613202584 |