The Elementary Forms of Religious Life: Discursive Monument, Symbolic Feast

Authors

  • Ronjon Paul Datta University of Windsor
  • Tara H. Milbrandt University of Alberta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/cjs22189

Keywords:

Sacred, Solidarity, Morality, Durkheim, Human Sciences, Social Theory

Abstract

This article is the introduction to the Special Issue on Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life: Contemporary Engagements.

Author Biography

Tara H. Milbrandt, University of Alberta

Assistant Professor of Sociology Department of Social Sciences University of Alberta, Augustana Campus

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Published

2014-12-02