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William S Sax
God of Justice [PDF ebook]
Ritual Healing and Social Justice in the Central Himalayas

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In God of Justice, anthropologist William S. Sax offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India. Based on ten years‘ ethnographic fieldwork, God of Justice shows how these practices are part of a moral system based on the principle of family unity.

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Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9780199714674 ● Verlag Oxford University Press ● Erscheinungsjahr 2009 ● herunterladbar 6 mal ● Währung EUR ● ID 2280730 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM

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