Periods of transition are often symbolically associated with death, making the latter the paradigm of liminality. Yet, many volumes on death in the social sciences and humanities do not specifically a
This volume in honour of Jan N. Bremmer consists of a variety of contributions offering a broad spectrum of original ideas and innovative approaches in the history of religions both past and present,
Sacred spaces in contemporary Western culture are subject to a dynamic in which the traditional forms of ritual are increasingly marginalised and new forms emerge. In Western Europe churches are growi
