How and why books matter : essays on the social function of iconic texts /

Religious and secular communities ritualize some books in one, two or three dimensions. They ritualize the dimension of semantic interpretation through teaching, preaching and scholarly commentary. This dimension receives almost all the attention of academic scholars. Communities also ritualize a te...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Watts, James W. (James Washington), 1960- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, Connectcticut : Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2019.
Series:	Comparative research on iconic and performative texts.
Subjects:	Sacred books > History and criticism. Books > Social aspects.

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