The Limits of Meaning(English, Electronic book text, unknown)

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The Limits of Meaning(English, Electronic book text, unknown) is written by unknown and published by Berghahn Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0857457098 (ISBN 10) and 9780857457097 (ISBN 13).

Too often, anthropological accounts of ritual leave readers with the impression that everything goes smoothly, that rituals are "meaningful events." But what happens when rituals fail, or when they seem "meaningless"? Drawing on research in the anthropology of Christianity from around the globe, the authors in this volume suggest that in order to analyze meaning productively, we need to consider its limits. This collection is a welcome new addition to the anthropology of religion, offering fresh debates on a classic topic and drawing attention to meaning in a way that other volumes have for key terms like "culture" and "fieldwork.