Theorizing Rituals, Volume 1 [ONLY] : Issues, Topics, Approaches, Concepts

Kreinath, Jens and Joannes Augustinus, Maria Snoek, and Michael Stausberg (editors). Theorizing Rituals, Volume 1 [ONLY] : Issues, Topics, Approaches, Concepts. Leiden: Brill, 2006. Octavo. xxv, (1), 777, (1)pp. Indices and bibliography. Pictorial boards with lilac/gray spine lettered in white. A fine but ex-library copy (with minimal markings; i.e. rubber stamps on title page & bottom of text block).

Note: a second volume was published in 2007.

Volume one (this book) of Theorizing Rituals assembles 34 leading scholars from various countries and disciplines working within this field. The authors review main methodological and meta-theoretical problems (part I) followed by some of the classical issues (part II). Further chapters discuss main approaches to theorizing rituals (part III) and explore some key analytical concepts for theorizing rituals (part IV). The volume is provided with extensive indices. (Publisher)

Contents: 1. Issues, topics, approaches, concepts — 2. Annotated bibliography of ritual theory, 1966-2005.

Volume 114-1 in the Brill’s series, “Numen Book Series. Studies in the History of Religions.”
near fine. Hardcover. (52976) $95