Discourses of purity in transcultural perspective (300-1600) / edited by Matthias Bley, Nikolas Jaspert, Stefan Kock.

This volume comprises fifteen articles on the differing functions that purity, impurity, pollution and related categories could fulfil in Asian and European religions and societies of the 3rd to 17th century c.E. They focus processes of religious demarcation and transfer.

Bibliographic Details

Online Access:	Full Text (via JSTOR)
Other Authors:	Bley, Matthias (Editor), Jaspert, Nikolas (Editor), Köck, Stefan (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Brill, [2015]
Series:	Dynamics in the history of religion ; v. 7.
Subjects:	Purity, Ritual.