Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution

This collaboration between two scholars from different fields of religious studies draws on three comparative data sets to develop a new theory of purity and pollution in religion, arguing that a culture's beliefs about cosmological realms shapes its pollution ideas and its purification practices.

Info autore

Yohan Yoo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Humanities at Seoul National University, Korea.
James W. Watts is Professor in the Department of Religion of the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University, USA.

Riassunto

This collaboration between two scholars from different fields of religious studies draws on three comparative data sets to develop a new theory of purity and pollution in religion, arguing that a culture’s beliefs about cosmological realms shapes its pollution ideas and its purification practices.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Yohan Watts Yoo, Yohan Yoo, James W. Watts, James W Watts, Watts James W.
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.05.2021
• Categoria: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Scritti religiosi, preghiere, libri di canti, medi
• EAN: 9780367712051
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71205-1
• Numero di pagine: 170
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Religion
• Categorie: RELIGION / General, Anthropology, comparative religion, Society & culture: general, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Ancient, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Biblical Biography / Old Testament, Religion: general, Ancient religions & mythologies, Tribal religions, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Ancient religions and Mythologies, Old Testaments, Anthropological Theory, Other religions and spiritual beliefs, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal, shamanic practices, purification rituals, ritual purity, ancient Near East religions, cosmological frameworks in religious studies