Negotiating with the Sacred Other: the Ancient Mechanisms of the Personal Vow Practice
By questioning the anthropological definition of vows as instrumental prayers, which has been generally accepted since William Christian (1989) introduced it, the paper will discuss the notion of a vow as a personal prayer in the effort to expand it beyond the mere request for a miracle or fulfilmen...
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| Language: | English |
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Technological University Dublin
2020-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage |
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| Online Access: | https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijrtp/vol8/iss1/4 |