<p><strong>'</strong><em>Natural Symbols</em><strong> remains the book most important to understanding Mary Douglas's thought, and this fact places it amongst the most significant books of theory written by anthropologists during the twentieth century.'</strong> - <em>Richard Fardon, SOAS</em><br /><br /><strong>'Mary Douglas's writing remains as fresh and vivid as ever. The ideas put forward in </strong><em>Natural Symbols</em><strong> have been taken up well beyond the discipline of anthropology, and should remain compulsory reading for all students of religion and society.'</strong> - <em>Fiona Bowie, University of Bristol</em><br /><br /><strong>'</strong><em>Natural Symbols</em><strong> is clearly a major work in the greatest of sociological traditions, the Durkheimian. It has an originality unmatched for a generation among the writings of anthropologists. It raises questions that are important and soluble not in the field but by the harder, less inviting, work of reflection and analysis.'</strong> - <em>Times Literary Supplement</em><br /><br /><strong>'As timeless as the subtitle. Essential reading for all those enthralled by her brilliant insights into the meaning of the Bible thirty years on.'</strong> - <em>John Sawyer, Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster University</em></p>

<p><strong>'It has an originality unmatched for a generation among the writings of anthropologists.'</strong> - <em>Times Literary Supplement</em></p>