Discourses of purity in transcultural perspective (300-1600)

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

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bley, Matthias (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston Brill [2015], 2015
Series:Dynamics in the history of religions, 1878-8106
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
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
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (vi, 372 pages
ISBN:9004289747
9004289755
9789004289741