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The Burning Saints - Cognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R4,719
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The Burning Saints - Cognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria (Hardcover, New): Dimitris Xygalatas

The Burning Saints - Cognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria (Hardcover, New)

Dimitris Xygalatas

Series: Religion, Cognition and Culture

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The Anastenaria are Orthodox Christians in Northern Greece who observe a unique annual ritual cycle focused on two festivals, dedicated to Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. The festivals involve processions, music, dancing, animal sacrifices, and culminate in an electrifying fire-walking ritual. Carrying the sacred icons of the saints, participants dance over hot coals as the saint moves them. 'The Burning Saints' presents an analysis of these rituals and the psychology behind them. Based on long-term fieldwork, 'The Burning Saints' traces the historical development and sociocultural context of the Greek fire-walking rituals. As a cognitive ethnography, the book aims to identify the social, psychological and neurobiological factors which may be involved and to explore the role of emotional and physiological arousal in the performance of such ritual. A study of participation, experience and meaning, 'The Burning Saints' presents a highly original analysis of how mental processes can shape social and religious behaviour.

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Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Religion, Cognition and Culture
Release date: November 2012
First published: 2012
Authors: Dimitris Xygalatas
Dimensions: 246 x 174 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-84553-976-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Orthodox Churches
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian worship > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious institutions & organizations > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious institutions & organizations > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian worship > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Orthodox Churches
Books > Christianity > Christian Worship
Books > Christianity > Orthodox Churches
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LSN: 1-84553-976-1
Barcode: 9781845539764

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