Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution

ISBN-13: 9780367712051 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 170 str.

Yohan Yoo; James W. Watts

Opis

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.

 

Spis treści

Preface; 1 Finding realms: Purity and pollution in theory and practice-Yohan Yoo and James W. Watts; 2 Changing realms: Cosmology and pollution in ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean cultures-Yohan Yoo and James W. Watts; 3 Separating realms: Purity and pollution in the indigenous religion of Jeju-do, Korea-Yohan Yoo; 4 Interpreting realms: Pollution and cosmology in the history of biblical rhetoric-James W. Watts; 5 Feeling realms: Cosmology and bodily experiences of purity and pollution-James W. Watts And Yohan Yoo; Bibliography; Index of authors and shamans; Index of Subjects