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Celibacy and Religious Traditions

Author : Carl Olson
Paperback
Published : Thursday 6 December 2007
ISBN : 9780195306323
Price : €36.84


Description

The purpose of this book is to examine how the practice of celibacy differs cross-culturally as well as historically within a particular religious tradition. The essays will demonstrate that celibacy is a complex religious phenomenon. The first collection of its kind, this book will be a valuable resource for courses in world religions, as well as a contribution to our understanding of this very widespread but puzzling human phenomenon.



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