Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution
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This collaboration between two scholars from different fields of religious studies draws on three comparative data sets to develop a new theory of purity and pollution in religion, arguing that a culture's beliefs about cosmological realms shapes its pollution ideas and its purification practices. The authors of this study refine Mary Douglas' foundational theory of pollution as "matter out of place," using a comparative approach to make...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0367722771
ISBN13:9780367722777
Release Date:January 2023
Publisher:Routledge
Length:170 Pages
Weight:0.61 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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