Primitive religion : its nature and origin / Paul Radin
- Bib ID:
- 4772999
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Radin, Paul
- Description:
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- New York : Dover Publications, 1957
- 322 p. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 048620393X
- Summary:
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Pp.83-92; Arunta puberty rites; pp. 113-115; Arunta medicine men.
- Full contents:
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- The nature and substance of religion
- The role of the religious formulator
- The economic determinants
- The magical substratum
- The crises of life and transition rites
- From magicians to priests : their nature and initiation
- From magicians to priests : their function
- The approach to the supernatural
- The conciliation and propitiation of the supernatural
- From ghosts to gods : ghosts, spirits, and totems
- From ghosts to gods : ancestor-spirits, deities, and gods
- Monolatry and monotheism
- The soul : its nature and destination
- The ritual drama.
- Notes:
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- "An unabridged republication of the first edition published in 1937 with a new preface by the author."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1937
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