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Ancestors, Cult of
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I. Religious Studies – II. Greco-Roman Antiquity – III. Old Testament – IV. China – V. India – VI. Missiology

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All ancestors that are worshiped are dead, but not all dead people are ancestors, and not every mortuary ritual represents an ancestor cult. For an ancestor cult, there must be a consciousness of a familial and genealogical connection with the ancestors over one or more genera…

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Balz, Heinrich, Harich-Schwarzbauer, Henriette, Podella, Thomas, Seiwert, Hubert, Michaels, Axel and Ahrens, Theodor, “Ancestors, Cult of”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 31 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_00296>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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