The authors argue that resorting to rules and categories cannot adequately address the pervasive problems of ambiguity, difference, and boundaries - that is, the challenge of pluralism in our world. They show that alternative, more particularistic modes of dealing with ambiguity through ritual and shared experience may attune more closely with contemporary problems of living with difference.
The authors argue that resorting to rules and categories cannot adequately address the pervasive problems of ambiguity, difference, and boundaries - that is, the challenge of pluralism in our world. They show that alternative, more particularistic modes of dealing with ambiguity through ritual and shared experience may attune more closely with contemporary problems of living with difference.
AS: Professor of Religion, Boston University; RW: Professor of Anthropology, Boston University
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgements Introduction Ch. 1: The Importance of Being Ambiguous Interlude: Ambiguity, Order and the Deity Ch. 2: Notation and its Limits Interlude: The Israelite Red Heifer and the Edge of Power in China Ch. 3: Ritual and the Rhythms of Ambiguity Interlude: Crossing the Boundaries of Empathy Ch. 4: Shared Experience Interlude: Experience and Multiplicity Conclusion References Cited
Acknowledgements Introduction Ch. 1: The Importance of Being Ambiguous Interlude: Ambiguity, Order and the Deity Ch. 2: Notation and its Limits Interlude: The Israelite Red Heifer and the Edge of Power in China Ch. 3: Ritual and the Rhythms of Ambiguity Interlude: Crossing the Boundaries of Empathy Ch. 4: Shared Experience Interlude: Experience and Multiplicity Conclusion References Cited
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