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Saints and Their Cults : Studies in Religious Sociology, Folklore, and History by Stephen Wilson; ACLS Humanities E-Book (Organization); American Council of Learned Societies is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Saints and Their Cults : Studies in Religious Sociology, Folklore, and History about?
This is a paperback edition of a collection of ten papers by different authors on the cult of saints, first published in hard covers in 1983. Six have been translated from French including a pioneering study by Robert Hertz, one of Durkheim's most eminent pupils. The editor provides a wide-ranging general and historical introduction, and a 100- page annotated bibliography covering material on the subject in all disciplines and in four main languages.
Who reads Saints and Their Cults : Studies in Religious Sociology, Folklore, and History?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Stephen Wilson; ACLS Humanities E-Book (Organization); American Council of Learned Societies
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1985
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521249782
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Religion, Philosophy, Christian
Other editions & translations
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