Homa Variations - The Study of Ritual Change Across the Longue Duree

Zusatztext Happily, Homa Variations and the Oxford Ritual Studies series as a whole...opens up possibilities for specialists and generalists to ask new kinds of questions about a subject that has been at the center of the study of religion since its beginning. Informationen zum Autor Richard K. Payne is Dean and Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley.Michael Witzel is Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University. Klappentext Throughout human history, and across many religious cultures, offerings are made into fire. The essays collected in Homa Variations provide detailed studies of this practice, known in the tantric world as the "homa," from its inception up to the present. Zusammenfassung Throughout human history, and across many religious cultures, offerings are made into fire. The essays collected in Homa Variations provide detailed studies of this practice, known in the tantric world as the "homa," from its inception up to the present.

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• Authors: Richard K. Payne, Richard K. (Dean and Yehan Numata Professor Payne, Richard K. Witzel Payne
• Assisted by: Richard K. Payne (Editor), Payne Richard K. (Editor), Michael Witzel (Editor), Witzel Michael (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9780199351572
• ISBN: 978-0-19-935157-2
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Oxford Ritual Studies Series; Oxford Ritual Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Sociology, RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, comparative religion, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Buddhism, Christianity, History of Religion, Hinduism, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Buddhist Worship, Rites & Ceremonies