{"product_id":"9781782384755","title":"On Prayer: Text and Commentary","description":"Ingram - \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) never completed his Doctoral thesis on prayer. Yet his scarcely mentioned introduction (Books I and II) of 176 pages and privately printed in 1909, can be seen as some of his most important work. His argument that much of prayer is a social act will be of great interest to anthropologists, sociologists and theologians.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here, the first English translation to be published, is preceded by a general introduction by W.S.F.Pickering and finally a specific commentary on Mauss's use of ethnographic material.","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179348345072,"sku":"9781782384755","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782384755_p0.jpg?v=1763721085","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782384755","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}