On Prayer

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Synopsis
Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) never completed his Doctoral thesis on prayer. Yet his scarcely mentioned introduction (Books I and II) of 176 pages and privately printed in 1909, can be seen as some of his most important work. His argument that much of prayer is a social act will be of great interest to anthropologists, sociologists and theologians.

Here, the first English translation to be published, is preceded by a general introduction by W.S.F.Pickering and finally a specific commentary on Mauss's use of ethnographic material.

Copyright:
2008

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
213 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781782384755
Related ISBNs:
9781571816337
Publisher:
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Durkheim Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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