To Take Place
Toward Theory in Ritual
In this broad-ranging inquiry into ritual and its relation to place, Jonathan Z. Smith prepares the way for a new approach to the comparative study of religion. Smith stresses the importance of place--in particular, constructed ritual environments--to a proper understanding of the ways in which empty actions become rituals. He structures his argument around the territories of the Tjilpa aborigines in Australia and two sites in Jerusalem--the temple envisioned by Ezekiel and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The first of these locales--the focus of one of the more important contemporary theories of religious ritual--allows Smith to raise quest…
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- ISBN: 978-0-226-76361-3
- EAN: 9780226763613
- Produktnummer: 20228693
- Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
- Seitenangabe: 202 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.3 cm 330 g
- Auflage: New ed
- Gewicht: 330
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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