Religion as ritual: Roy Rappaport's changing views from Pigs for the ancestors (1968) to Ritual and religion in the making of humanity (1999)

Contemporary Theories of Religion: A Critical Companion

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 66-82

  Segal, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203875926     Document Type: Chapter

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