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ancestor worship: a standalone construct

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Religious studies

belief in and ritual communication with dead kin, argued here to be found in all known religions.

In religious studies, ancestor worship refers to belief in and ritual communication with dead kin, argued here to be found in all known religions. This meaning comes from Steadman (1996) in Ethnology.[1]

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References

Steadman, L. B., Palmer, C. T., & Tilley, C. F. (1996). The Universality of Ancestor Worship. Ethnology, 35(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.2307/3774025

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