On Prayer: Text and Commentary

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Marcel Mauss’s (1872-1950) argument that much of prayer is a social act will be of great interest to anthropologists, sociologists, and theologians. This, the first English translation to be published, is preceded by a general introduction by W.S.F. Pickering and followed by a more specific commentary on Mauss’s use of ethnographic material.