ISBN:
9780199742363
,
0199742367
,
9780195394405
,
0195394402
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 193 pages)
,
Illustrations
Series Statement:
Oxford ritual studies
DDC:
390
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Rituelle Magie
;
Geistheilung
;
Religion
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
How do rituals work? Although this is one of the first questions that people everywhere ask about rituals, little has been written explicitly on the topic. In The Problem of Ritual Efficacy, nine scholars address this issue, ranging across the fields of history, anthropology, medicine, and biblical studies. For "modern" people, the very notion of ritual efficacy is suspicious because rituals are widely thought of as merely symbolic or expressive, so that - by definition - they cannot be efficacious. Nevertheless people in many cultures assume that rituals do indeed "work,"...
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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