Understanding Religious Sacrifice
Understanding Religious Sacrifice

Author: Jeffrey Carter

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2003-03-01

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1441109218

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This volume provides a thorough introduction to the major classic and modern writings dealing with religious sacrifice. Collected here are twenty five influential selections, each with a brief introduction addressing the overall framework and assumptions of its author. As they present different theories and examples of sacrifice, these selections also discuss important concepts in religious studies such as the origin of religion, totemism, magic, symbolism, violence, structuralism and ritual performance. Students of comparative religion, ritual studies, the history of religions, the anthropology of religion and theories of religion will particularly value the historical organization and thematic analyses presented in this collection.

Signless Signification in Ancient India and Beyond
Signless Signification in Ancient India and Beyond

Author: Tiziana Pontillo

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2013-04-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0857283154

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The collected essays in this book are the result of a series of workshops held at the University of Cagliari in Italy; this work charts the evolution of key concepts on signless signification of traditional Indian grammar and deals with powerful mechanisms of meaning extension, including rituals and speculative patterns. This collection brings an interdisciplinary approach to the examination of possible relationships between different cultural and linguistic systems of signification.