Understanding Religious Sacrifice: A Reader (Controversies in the Study of Religion)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0826448801
ISBN 13
9780826448804
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
480
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. - from Amzon
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1
