Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution

by James W Watts, Yohan Yoo, James W. Watts

Book Overview

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.

The authors of this study refine Mary Douglas' foundational theory of pollution as "matter out of place," using a comparative approach to make...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367722771
• ISBN13: 9780367722777
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"