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 In religious studies, theory and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized debate over scientific versus theological perspectives. Ronald L. Grimes shows that this debate has stagnated, due in part to a manner of theorizing too far removed from the study of actual religious practices. A worthwhile theory, according to Grimes, must be practice-oriented, and practices are most effectively studied by field research methods. Zusammenfassung Ronald L. Grimes offers a systematic theory and method essential for the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of ritual enactments. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Ronald L Grimes, Ronald L. Grimes, Ronald L. (Director of Ritual Studies Inte Grimes, Ronald L. (Director of Ritual Studies International and Professor Emeritus of Religion and Culture Grimes, Grimes Ronald L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2014
• EAN: 9780195301434
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530143-4
• 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