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Too often, anthropological accounts of ritual leave readers with the impression that everything goes smoothly, that rituals are "meaningful events." But what ha

Too often, anthropological accounts of ritual leave readers with the impression that everything goes smoothly, that rituals are "meaningful events." But what ha

An exploration of conceptual foundations and the practical applications of limits in mathematics, this text offers a concise introduction to the theoretical stu

Central to the historicizing work of recent decades has been the concept of contingency, the realm of chance, change, and the unnecessary. Following Nietzsche a

This collection provides vivid ethnographic explorations of particular, local Christianities as they are experienced by different groups around the world. At th