05882cam a2200781Ia 4500 ocn630537381 20200709055417.0 m d cr n||---||||| 100524s2010 enkab ob 001 0 eng d 2009040968 EBLCP eng pn EBLCP MERUC YDXCP WAU E7B IDEBK OCLCQ MHW N$T OCLCQ OCLCF OCLCQ AZK AGLDB MOR PIFAG YDX ZCU OCLCQ M8D U3W STF WRM VTS ICG NRAMU VT2 OCLCQ WYU 015479732 Uk 612757980 647926134 728834301 753969757 764537715 768693361 816376607 961525006 962627611 988429813 991995795 1037919908 1038692110 1045533267 1050959169 1055346713 1061084019 1062890633 1081252899 9780754696216 (electronic bk.) 0754696219 (electronic bk.) 9780754669180 (print) 0754669181 (print) AU@ 000045843431 AU@ 000051360506 AU@ 000060553130 DEBBG BV043108821 DEBBG BV044143018 DEBSZ 421541482 DEBSZ 47248253X NZ1 13865157 389056 (N$T) BL71 .D43 2010a REL 070000 bisacsh 208.2 208.2-dc22 The death of sacred texts : ritual disposal and renovation of texts in world religions / edited by Kristina Myrvold. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010. 1 online resource (x, 172 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Includes bibliographical references and index. "The Death of Sacred Texts draws attention to a much neglected topic in the study of sacred texts: the religious and ritual attitudes towards texts which have become old and damaged and can no longer be used for reading practices or in religious worship. This book approaches religious texts and scriptures by focusing on their physical properties and the dynamic interactions of devices and habits that lie beneath and within a given text. In the last decades a growing body of research studies has directed attention to the multiple uses and ways people encounter written texts and how they make them alive, even as social actors, in different times and cultures. Considering religious people seem to have all the motives for giving their sacred texts a respectful symbolic treatment, scholars have paid surprisingly little attention to the ritual procedures of disposing and renovating old texts. This book fills this gap, providing empirical data and theoretical analyses of historical and contemporary religious attitudes towards, and practices of text disposals within, seven world religions: Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. Exploring the cultural and historical variations of rituals for religious scriptures and texts (such as burials, cremations and immersion into rivers) and the underlying beliefs within the religious traditions, this book investigates how these religious practices and stances respond to modernization and globalization processes when new technologies have made it possible to mass-produce and publish religious texts on the Internet"--EBL book details. Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Accounts of a Dying Scroll: On Jewish Handling of Sacred Texts in Need of Restoration or Disposal; 2 Relating, Revering, and Removing: Muslim Views on the Use, Power, and Disposal of Divine Words; 3 A Fitting Ceremony: Christian Concerns for Bible Disposal; 4 The Death of the Dharma: Buddhist Sutra Burials in Early Medieval Japan; 5 Rites of Burial and Immersion: Hindu Ritual Practices on Disposing of Sacred Texts in Vrindavan; 6 Is a Manuscript an Object or a Living Being?: Jain Views on the Life and Use of Sacred Texts. Print version record. Sacred books. Books Religious aspects. RELIGION Christianity General. bisacsh Books Religious aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01765720 Sacred books. fast (OCoLC)fst01103109 livre sacré texte études diverses. rero Electronic books. Electronic book. Myrvold, Kristina. Print version: Death of sacred texts. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010 9780754669180 (DLC) 2009040968 (OCoLC)456421003 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=513947 ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10385838 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=389056 MyiLibrary http://www.myilibrary.com?id=254528 ProQuest Ebook Central http://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=513947 ProQuest Ebook Central https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic MyiLibrary, Table of contents http://www.myilibrary.com?id=254528&ref=toc https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=513947 VIEW FULL TEXT http://VH7QX3XE2P.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=VH7QX3XE2P&S=JCs&C=TC0000401284&T=marc&tab=BOOKS EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL513947 ebrary EBRY ebr10385838 EBSCOhost EBSC 389056 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB 254528 YBP Library Services YANK 14692403 YBP Library Services YANK 3252293 YBP Library Services YANK 12924338 50578 50578