Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings by James W Watts
In this volume an international team of scholars address the theme of books as sacred beings from an impressively diverse range of primary material and perspectives. Yet, as a group, they meld to engage and advance previous research to solidify the conclusion that human cultures, especially religious groups, often ritualize bodies as sacred books and books as divine beings. The studies collected here not only increase the range of examples of this phenomenon. They also show the wide variety of ways in which the identity of books, bodies and beings gets both ritualized and theorized. The articles are bracketed by an introduction to the collection, and then by a concluding essay that extrapolates the theme of books as sacred beings on a more general level.
James W. Watts is Professor of Religion at Syracuse University. Yohan Yoo is Professor of Comparative Religion at Seoul National University. He is the author in Korean of Myths of Our Era (2012) and Religion, Symbolism, Human Beings (2014).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781798850 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781798850 |
| Title | Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings |
| Author | James W Watts |
| Series | Comparative Research On Iconic And Performative Texts |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2021-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
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