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Pages: 244
Authors: Hyam Maccoby
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-11 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The book explains clearly the ritual purity system of the Hebrew Bible. Maccoby focuses on the various human conditions (corpse impurity, menstruation, childbir
Confucian Ritual and Moral Education
Language: en
Pages: 175
Authors: Colin J. Lewis
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-30 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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It is widely accepted that moral education is quintessential to facilitating and maintaining prosocial attitudes. What moral education should entail and how it
Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity
Language: en
Pages: 566
Authors: Roy A. Rappaport
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-03-25 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Roy Rappaport argues that religion is central to the continuing evolution of life, although it has been been displaced from its original position of intellectua
Manhood and Morality
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Suzette Heald
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-22 - Publisher: Routledge

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'An impressive and meticulously crafted African ethnography, which has theoretical and practical relevance for understanding masculinity and violence in general
Politeness, Impoliteness and Ritual
Language: en
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Authors: Dániel Z. Kádár
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-27 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book models how people use ritual practices in interaction, and politeness and impoliteness situated in/triggered by ritual practices.