Toward the Millennium

Toward the Millennium

Author: Peter Schäfer

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9789004110373

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This collection on messianic expectations from biblical times to the present represents a fresh re-evaluation of a variety of religious, political and cultural phenomena. The focus is on Judaism, but aspects of messianism in Graeco-Roman, Christian, and Islamic worlds alongside modern political issues are considered.


Naven, Or, The Other Self

Naven, Or, The Other Self

Author: Michael Houseman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9789004112209

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This book proposes a novel approach to the analysis of ritual action. Founded upon an in-depth study of the transvestism naven ceremony of the Iatmul of Papua New Guinea, it focuses on the relational and interactive forms entailed by ritual performance.


Apocalyptic Time

Apocalyptic Time

Author: Albert I. Baumgarten

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9789004118799

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The theme of this volume is the nature and perception of time in millennial movements. The authors adopt a number of disciplinary approaches to the topic, analyzing millennial movements from the three Abrahamic faiths, as well as from the East.


Man, Meaning, and Mystery

Man, Meaning, and Mystery

Author: Sigurd Hjelde

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9789004114975

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The contributions to this conference report deal with the academic study of religion in a historical perspective, focussing on W. Brede Kristensen and other Scandinavian pioneers. Also, methodological questions relating to the idea of a phenomenology of religion are discussed.


Canonization and Decanonization

Canonization and Decanonization

Author: A Van Debeek

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13: 9789004112469

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This volume is the most wide-ranging religio-historical study on (de)canonization ever published. It contains significant contributions to the study of canonization in different religions in ancient times as well as in modern societies. An Annotated Bibliography adds greatly to its value.


Epic Narratives in the Hoysaḷa Temples

Epic Narratives in the Hoysaḷa Temples

Author: Kirsti Evans

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9789004105751

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This contextual study of narrative reliefs depicting Hindu epics and puranas on specific South Indian Hoysal a temples provides a detailed exposition of narrative episodes paired with photographs, illustrating and reviewing the stories and exploring techniques of Indian visual narrative.