Study of Prayer: Text and Context

by Marcel Mauss

W. S. F. Pickering (Introduction)

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Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) never completed his Doctoral thesis on prayer. Yet his scarcely mentioned introduction (Books I and II) of 176 pages and privately printed in 1909, can be seen as some of his most important work. His argument that much of prayer is a social act will be of great interest to anthropologists, sociologists and theologians. Here, the first English translation to be published, is preceded by a general introduction by W.S.F. Pickering and a more specific commentary on Mauss' use of ethnographic material, follows.
  • ISBN10 0952993635
  • ISBN13 9780952993636
  • Publish Date 1 July 2001
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Berghahn Books
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 120
  • Language English