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Understanding religious sacrifice : a reader

By Jeffrey , Carter

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic;Continuum
Year
2003
ISBN
0-8264-4879-8, 9780826448798, 9781283202589, 1283202581, 9781441109217, 1441109218, 0-8264-4880-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32500828 bytes)
Series
Controversies in the study of religion
Pages
467\480
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

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 anthropology of religion and theories of religion will particularly value the historical organization and thematic analyses presented in this collection.

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