Barry Stephenson (Associa Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Broschiertes Buch

Ritual

A Very Short Introduction

Beschreibung

In this Very Short Introduction, Barry Stephenson approaches ritual from theoretical and historical perspectives, detailing the efforts to understand the nature and function of ritual, and developing a narrative of ritual's place in social and cultural life.

Autor

Barry Stephenson is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, and coeditor of the Oxford Ritual Studies Series. He is the author of Performing the Reformation: Public Ritual in the City of Luther and Veneration and Revolt: Hermann Hesse and Swabian Pietism.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 175mm x 111mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 128g
• ISBN-13: 9780199943524
• ISBN-10: 0199943524
• Artikelnr.: 41493992