Craft of Ritual Studies

Zusatztext For anyone hoping to gain a foothold in ritual studies, this book offers the opportunity to learn from an expert scholar who wears his own learning with grace and wry humour. Informationen zum Autor Director of Ritual Studies International and Professor Emeritus of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University. Klappentext Ronald L. Grimes offers a systematic theory and method essential for the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of ritual enactments. Zusammenfassung Ronald L. Grimes offers a systematic theory and method essential for the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of ritual enactments. FIGURES ; LISTS ; VIDEOS AND ONLINE MATERIALS ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; PART I METHOD ; 1 PERFORMING RESEARCH AND TEACHING ; 2 FIELDWORKING RITUAL ; 3 READING, WRITING, AND MEDIATIZING RITUAL ; PART II CASE ; 4 FILMING FIESTA ; 5 FRAMING FIESTA ; PART III THEORY ; 6 THEORIZING RITUAL ; 7 DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING RITUAL ; 8 MAPPING RITUAL ; 9 ELEMENTS OF RITUAL ; 10 DYNAMICS OF RITUAL ; GLOSSARY ; SOURCES CITED ; NOTES ; INDEX

Product details

• Authors: Ronald L. Grimes, Ronald L. (Director of Ritual Studies Inte Grimes, Grimes Ronald L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2013
• EAN: 9780195301427
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530142-7
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Oxford Ritual Studies; Oxford Ritual Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Christianity, Social and cultural anthropology, Worship, rites & ceremonies, RELIGION / Christian Living / General, Religious life and practice, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Religious life & practice