How Long to Read Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings

How Long Does it Take to Read Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 48 minutes to read Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings by William C. Innes, Jr

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book explores the fascinating world of religious hair observances within six religious traditions that account for 77% of the world’s adherents: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. Symbolic use of hair has been, and remains, prevalent in all six and carries significant amounts of religious and social meaning. Hair is a unique body substance. It can be shaped and colored, removed from us without pain but still retain an individual’s essence, signal our age, sex, and sexual maturity, and much, much more. The book’s approach is to situate each practice within its tradition. That requires a study of its foundational leaders and their teachings, sacred texts (where they mention hair), its rites and rituals, ideas of religious power and subsequent historical development. Contemporary practitioners are interviewed for their motivations. Even more insight can be gleaned by searching beyond an overt religious purpose. Social scientists from anthropology, sociology, psychology, and related fields bring their research to deliver added perceptions. The author reveals how hair practices are created from ancient psychological and cultural impulses, become modified by time, culture and religious intent, and are adopted by adherents for reasons ranging from personal religious expression to group identity. This book is written for the interested observer of our increasingly diverse society and for the student of comparative religion and sociology. It will change forever how you see hair.

How long is Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings?

Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings by William C. Innes, Jr is 284 pages long, and a total of 72,136 words.

This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 34 minutes to read Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings aloud.

What Reading Level is Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings?

Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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