ISBN:
90-04-13131-0
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978-90-04-13131-6
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 737 Seiten, 16 Seiten Bildtafeln
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Studies in the History of Religions volume 102
Keywords:
Parsismus Ritual und Zeremonie
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Bestattungsform
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Tagungsbericht
Abstract:
Rituals, it is agreed, play a prominent role in Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest continuous traditions of mankind. In this book, scholars from a broad range of disciplines make the first ever collective effort to address this issue. From a historical and geographical perspective, texts and contexts studied in these pages range from antiquity to modernity, all the way from Japan, China, India, Iran, Europe to California. The essays touch on questions of theory, ritual texts, change and performances, gender and professional religion (priesthood/lay-people). The rituals studied are placed in a broad scope of social and local settings ranging from the royal court to the needy, from the rural village to the urban metropolis, from the domestic to the public. (Verlagsangaben)
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgements -- Modelling theory - Theoretical approaches -- Comparative studies -- Ritual texts - Rituals in texts -- Ritual performance and practices -- The interaction of ritual tradition -- Ritual change - changing rituals -- Abstract -- List of illustrations - Colour plates
Note:
"based on the proceeding of the international symposium 'Zoroastrian Rituals in Context" that took place in the pleasant setting of the Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg (IWH) from April 10th to 13th, 2002." (Preface and Acknowledgments)
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