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The archetypal actions of ritual: an essay on ritual as action illustrated by the Jain rite of worship

Caroline Humphrey and James Alexander Laidlaw
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • List of Figures and Plates (page xii)
  • Notes on the Text (page xiii)
  • 1. Introduction (page 1)
  • 2. Jainism and the Puja Ritual (page 16)
  • 3. What Kind of Theory Do We Need? (page 64)
  • 4. The Ritual Commitment (page 88)
  • 5. Getting It Right (page 111)
  • 6. Apprehension and Cognition (page 133)
  • 7. The Disconnection of Purpose and Form (page 167)
  • 8. Looking for Meanings (page 191)
  • 9. Meaning to Mean It (page 211)
  • 10. The Evocation of Mood (page 227)
  • 11. Stances of the Self (page 247)
  • 12. Conclusion (page 260)
  • Glossary (page 269)
  • References (page 275)
  • Index (page 289)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
HR 36.2 (Nov. 1996): 166-168 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3176689
JR 76.4 (Oct. 1996): 673-674 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1206219
JAOS 117.1 (Jan. - Mar. 1997): 199-202 http://www.jstor.org/stable/605660
JRAI 3.3 (Sep. 1997): 631-632 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3034804
CA 40.2 (April 1999): 243-248 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/200011
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Published: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780198279471 (paper)
  • 9780198277880 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Religion
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