Relics and Remains

This collection of essays explores relics as religious and cultural phenomena. It considers the ways in which human remains and material objects have become the focus of worship, celebrity, curiosity, and conflict in a range of eras and cultures stretching from antiquity to the twenty-first century.

• | By (Author): Alexandra Walsham (Edited by)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 12, 2010
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 335 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0199600589
• | ISBN-13: 9780199600588