The Great, the Little, and the Authoritative Tradition in Magic of the Ancient World
This paper develops “magic” as a category useful for describing local forms of an institutional or “great” tradition (using the classic terminology of Robert Redfield): ritual acts, symbols and materials, and constructions of local ritual expertise to interpret elements of a great tradition. Ultimat...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2015
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Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
Year: 2015, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 11-30 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Antiquity
/ Classical antiquity
/ Religion
/ Authority
/ Magic
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
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Summary: | This paper develops “magic” as a category useful for describing local forms of an institutional or “great” tradition (using the classic terminology of Robert Redfield): ritual acts, symbols and materials, and constructions of local ritual expertise to interpret elements of a great tradition. Ultimately the paper contributes to the historical relationship between (centralized expressions of) “religion” and “magic” (as some quality or dimension of ritual). |
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ISSN: | 1868-8888 |
Contains: | In: Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/arege-2014-0004 |