Discourses of purity in transcultural perspective (300-1600) /

Discourses of purity in transcultural perspective (300-1600) /

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Imprint:	Boston : Brill, [2015]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Dynamics in the history of religions, 1878-8106 ; VOLUME 7 Dynamics in the history of religion ; v. 7.
Subject:	Purity, Ritual. Purity, Ritual.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11305141

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Other authors / contributors:	Bley, Matthias, editor. Jaspert, Nikolas, editor. Köck, Stefan, editor.
ISBN:	9789004289758 9004289755 9789004289741 9004289747
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This volume comprises fifteen articles on the differing functions that purity, impurity, pollution and related categories could fulfil in Asian and European religions and societies of the 3rd to 17th century c.E. They focus processes of religious demarcation and transfer.
Other form:	Print version: Discourses of purity in transcultural perspective (300-1600). Boston : Brill, 2014 9789004289741

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Summary:	While comparative studies on purity and impurity presented in the last decades have mostly concentrated on the ancient world or on modern developments, this volume focusses the hitherto comparatively neglected period between ca. 300 and 1600 c. E. The collection is innovative because it not only combines papers on both European and Asian cultures but also considers a wide variety of religions and confessions. The articles are written by leading experts in the field and are presented in six systematic sections. This analytical categorization facilitates understanding the functional spectrum that the binomial purity and impurity could cover in past societies. The volume thus presents an in-depth comparative analysis of a category of paramount importance for interfaith relations and processes of transfer.<br> <br> <br> <br> Contributors are: Aziz al-Azmeh, Matthias Bley, Sven Bretfeld, Miriam Czock, Licia Di Giacinto, Hans-Werner Goetz, Elisabeth Hollender, Nikolas Jaspert, Stefan Köck, Stefan Leder, Hanna Liss, Christopher MacEvitt, Hermann-Josef Röllicke, Paolo Santangelo, and Ephraim Shoham-Steiner.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9789004289758 9004289755 9789004289741 9004289747