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Rappaport, Roy A.,

Ritual and religion in the making of humanity / - Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. ©1999 - xxiii, 535 pages ; 23 cm - Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 110 . - Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 110 .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-518) and index

Foreword / Keith Hart -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The ritual form -- 3. Self-referential messages -- 4. Enactments of meaning -- 5. Word and act, form and substance -- 6. Time and liturgical order -- 7. Intervals, eternity, and communitas -- 8. Simultaneity and hierarchy -- 9. The idea of the sacred -- 10. Sanctification -- 11. Truth and order -- 12. The numinous, the Holy, and the divine -- 13. Religion in adaptation -- 14. The breaking of the Holy and its salvation

Roy Rappaport argues that religion is central to the continuing evolution of life, although it has been displaced from its original position of intellectual authority by the rise of modern science


Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0.

ISBN: 0521296900 0521228735 9780521228732 9780521296908

LCCN: 98024494

Nat. Bib. No.: GB98V7768 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ritual
Religion
Anthropology of religion
Ceremonial Behavior
Religion

LC Class. No.: BL600 / .R37 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 291.3/8

National Library of Medicine Call No.: BL 600 R37 1999