Pluralism and Identity: Studies in Ritual Behaviour (Studies in the History of Religions) - Rilegato

 
9789004103733: Pluralism and Identity: Studies in Ritual Behaviour (Studies in the History of Religions)
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ISBN 10: 9004103732 ISBN 13: 9789004103733
Casa editrice: BRILL Deutschland GmbH, 1995

Sinossi

The subject of this book is ritual behaviour, in particular of groups with a distinctive religious, ethnic or other identity which use rituals to pursue strategic ends ad intra and ad extra.
Five essays offer theoretical perspectives on ritual in plural and pluralist societies, on similarity and demarcation, on the negative case of the Australian Aboriginals, on Brazilian religious pluralism, and on Ghanaian churches in the Netherlands. Three essays describe the ritualization of the encounter, or confrontation, between religions in India (between Buddhists and Hindus, and between Hindus and Muslims), and in Yemen between Muslims and Jews. Four essays study the responses to internal religious plurality, in early Israel, on Java, in Indonesia, and in Spain and North Africa. One essay explores responses to external religious plurality. In the epilogue, the social nature of pluralism and identity is highlighted.
This book is particularly important for scholars of ritual theory and the study of religions, but also for Islamologists, Indologists, scholars specializing in diaspora religions and religions of ethnic minorities, and in anthropology of religions.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Jan G. Platvoet, Ph.D. (1982) Utrecht University, is Senior Lecturer in the Comparative Study of Religions at Leiden University. He has published on Akan traditional religion, the study of religions in Africa, and the methodology of the study of religions.
Karel van der Toorn, Ph.D. (1984) Free University Amsterdam, is Professor of Ancient Religions at Leiden University. He has published on religions of ancient Mesopotamia and Israel.

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Editore
BRILL Deutschland GmbH
Data di pubblicazione
1995
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
9004103732
ISBN 13 
9789004103733
Rilegatura
Rilegato in Pelle
Numero di pagine
376
Redattore
Platvoet, Toorn
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