To Take Place: Toward Theory in Ritual (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism) - Tapa blanda

Smith, Jonathan Z. Z.

 
9780226763613: To Take Place: Toward Theory in Ritual (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism)
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ISBN 10: 0226763617 ISBN 13: 9780226763613
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 1992

Sinopsis

In this broad-ranging inquiry into ritual and its relation to place, Jonathan Z. Smith prepares the way for a new approach to the comparative study of religion.

Smith stresses the importance of place—in particular, constructed ritual environments—to a proper understanding of the ways in which "empty" actions become rituals. He structures his argument around the territories of the Tjilpa aborigines in Australia and two sites in Jerusalem—the temple envisioned by Ezekiel and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The first of these locales—the focus of one of the more important contemporary theories of religious ritual—allows Smith to raise questions concerning the enterprise of comparison. His close examination of Eliade's influential interpretation of the Tjilpa tradition leads to a powerful critique of the approach to religion, myth, and ritual that begins with cosmology and the category of "The Sacred."

In substance and in method, To Take Place represents a significant advance toward a theory of ritual. It is of great value not only to historians of religion and students of ritual, but to all, whether social scientists or humanists, who are concerned with the nature of place.

"This book is extraordinarily stimulating in prompting one to think about the ways in which space, or place, is perceived, marked, and utilized religiously. . . . A provocative example of the application of humanistic geography to our understanding of what takes place in religion."—Dale Goldsmith, Interpretation

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Jonathan Z. Smith is the Robert O. Andersen Distinguished Service Professor of the Humanities at the University of Chicago. His books include Imagining Religion and Drudgery Divine, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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University of Chicago Press
Año de publicación
1992
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0226763617
ISBN 13 
9780226763613
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Número de páginas
202
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