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Zoroastrian Rituals in Context (Studies in the History of Religions)

By Michael Stausberg

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishign
Year
2004
ISBN
9004131310, 9789004131316
LCC
BL1590.L58
Open Library ID
OL22025968M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
44 MB (45644350 bytes)
Series
Numen Book Series 102
Pages
768\770
Topic
History
DPI
300
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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