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Author Seligman, Adam B., 1954-

Title Ritual and Its Consequences : an Essay on the Limits of Sincerity
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (240 pages)
Contents Ritual and the subjunctive -- Ambiguity, ambivalence, and boundaries -- Ritual, play, and boundaries -- Ritual and sincerity -- Movements of ritual and sincerity
Summary Drawing on examples from many places and times, this work argues for the continuing tension across historical contexts between movements emphasizing ritual and movements emphasizing sincerity. It contends that our contemporary age has, at great risk, downplayed the importance of ritual
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Subject Ritual.
Ritualism.
Sincerity.
RELIGION -- Reference.
Ritual
Ritualism
Sincerity
Ritual
Authentizität
Sozialanthropologie
Form Electronic book
Author Weller, Robert P. (Robert Paul), 1953-
Puett, Michael, 1964-
Simon, Bennett, 1933-
Oxford University Press