Readings in Ritual Studies - Softcover

Grimes, Ronald L.

 
9780023472534: Readings in Ritual Studies

Synopsis

Appropriate for courses in Ritual Studies; Symbol, Myth and Ritual; Anthropology of Religion; Worship and Liturgy.

This is the most comprehensive collection of articles on ritual ever assembled. It includes selections by internationally known scholars such as Victor Turner and Clifford Geertz, as well as innovative pieces that illustrate the extraordinary interdisciplinary range of contemporary ritual studies. Grimes has drawn readings from the entire range of ritual―encompassing its secular, political and dramatic expressions as well as its religious ones.

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Synopsis

Appropriate for courses in Ritual Studies; Symbol, Myth and Ritual; Anthropology of Religion; Worship and Liturgy. This is the most comprehensive collection of articles on ritual ever assembled. It includes selections by internationally known scholars such as Victor Turner and Clifford Geertz, as well as innovative pieces that illustrate the extraordinary interdisciplinary range of contemporary ritual studies. Grimes has drawn readings from the entire range of ritual--encompassing its secular, political and dramatic expressions as well as its religious ones.

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