{"product_id":"books-as-bodies-and-as-james-w-watts-9781781798850","title":"Books as Bodies and as Sacred Beings","description":"In this volume an international team of scholars address the theme of books as sacred beings from an impressively diverse range of primary material and perspectives. Yet, as a group, they meld to engage and advance previous research to solidify the conclusion that human cultures, especially religious groups, often ritualize bodies as sacred books and books as divine beings. The studies collected here not only increase the range of examples of this phenomenon. They also show the wide variety of ways in which the identity of books, bodies and beings gets both ritualized and theorized. The articles are bracketed by an introduction to the collection, and then by a concluding essay that extrapolates the theme of books as sacred beings on a more general level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James W. Watts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781798850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781798850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Equinox Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"James W. Watts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986480726271,"sku":"9781781798850","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_05af05fb-1278-4b0e-bb29-654a14f30e41.jpg?v=1683283597","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/books-as-bodies-and-as-james-w-watts-9781781798850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}