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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主要作者: Frankfurter, David (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: De Gruyter 2015
In: Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
Year: 2015, 卷: 16, 发布: 1, Pages: 11-30
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 古代 / 古典时代 / 宗教 / 权威 / 法术
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
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总结: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).
ISSN:1868-8888
Contains:In: Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/arege-2014-0004