Encyclopedia of religious rites, rituals, and festivals / Frank A. Salamone, editor.
Encyclopedia of religious rites, rituals, and festivals / Frank A. Salamone, editor.
Publication Date
:
2004
Publication Information
:
New York : Routledge,
Physical Description
:
487 p. : ill.
Subject Term
:
Religions -- Encyclopedias.
Rites and ceremonies -- Encyclopedias.
Series
:
ROUTLEDGE ENCYCLOPEDIAS OF RELIGION AND SOCIETY
ROUTLEDGE ENCYCLOPEDIAS OF RELIGION AND SOCIETY.
Additional Contributors
:
Salamone, Frank A.
Summary
:
Many rituals and festivals take place in public, meaning that such expressions of faith are societal as well as individual forms of human behaviour. The similarity in the general patterns of rituals and festivals across cultures and religions is striking. For example, most cultures and religions mark major life-course transitions such as birth, marriage, and death with public ritual expressions, and numerous festivals are tied to food-producing activities such as planting and harvesting. Where religions and societies vary is in the meanings associated with ritual behaviour and the specific forms those behaviours take.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780415941808
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
---|
Corner Brook (WCB) | Adult NFic Oversize | Adult Non-Fiction Oversize Book | 203.8 EN1 | Checked In |
Gander (GGR) | Adult NFic Ref | Adult Non-Fiction Reference | 203.8 EN1 | NonCirculating |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic Ref | Adult Non-Fiction Reference | 203.8 EN1 | NonCirculating |
St. John's - Michael Donovan (SJB) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 203.8 EN1 | Checked In |