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The Dynamics of Changing Rituals
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Jens Kreinath
Categories: Religion and sociology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: New York : P. Lang

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Most ritual participants claim that their rituals have been the same since time immemorial. Citing recent research in ritual studies, this book illustrates how,
Theorizing Rituals
Language: en
Pages: 594
Authors: Jens Kreinath
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: BRILL

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Volume two of Theorizing Rituals mainly consists of an annotated bibliography of more than 400 items covering those books, edited volumes and essays that are co
When Rituals Go Wrong
Language: en
Pages: 390
Authors: Ute Hüsken
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: BRILL

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This volume investigates the implications of breaking ritual rules, of failed performances and of the extinction of ritual systems. The essays thus break new gr
Ritual Dynamics and Religious Change in the Roman Empire
Language: en
Pages: 392
Authors: O. Hekster
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05-20 - Publisher: BRILL

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This volume presents the proceedings of the eighth workshop of the international network 'Impact of Empire', which concentrates on the history of the Roman Empi
Ritual in Its Own Right
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Don Handelman
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

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Historically, canonic studies of ritual have discussed and explained ritual organization, action, and transformation primarily as representations of broader cul