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Relics and Remains
Alexandra Walsham (Ed.)
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Description for Relics and Remains
Paperback. This collection of essays explores relics as religious and cultural phenomena. It considers the ways in which human remains and material objects have become the focus of worship, celebrity, curiosity, and conflict in a range of eras and cultures stretching from antiquity to the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Walsham, Alexandra. Series: Past and Present Supplement. Num Pages: 335 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Edited by Alexandra Walsham, this wide-ranging collection of essays is the first to explore the relic as a religious and cultural phenomenon in a broad comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. It considers the ways in which human remains and material objects have become the focus of worship, celebrity, curiosity, and conflict in a range of eras and cultures stretching from antiquity to the twenty-first century, and from Western Europe to the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Indian subcontinent and China. The contributors assess when and why bodies and belongings are revered as sacred by the adherents of different faiths, alongside ... Read more
Edited by Alexandra Walsham, this wide-ranging collection of essays is the first to explore the relic as a religious and cultural phenomenon in a broad comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. It considers the ways in which human remains and material objects have become the focus of worship, celebrity, curiosity, and conflict in a range of eras and cultures stretching from antiquity to the twenty-first century, and from Western Europe to the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Indian subcontinent and China. The contributors assess when and why bodies and belongings are revered as sacred by the adherents of different faiths, alongside ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
Past and Present Supplement
Number of Pages
335
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199600588
SKU
V9780199600588
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Ref
99-1
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