Ritual Criticism: Case Studies in Its Practice, Essays on Its Theory (Studies in Comparative Religion) - Hardcover

Grimes, Ronald L.

 
9780872496927: Ritual Criticism: Case Studies in Its Practice, Essays on Its Theory (Studies in Comparative Religion)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0872496929 ISBN 13: 9780872496927
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 1990

Synopsis

The author presents a series of case studies in which ritual and criticism require one another and focuses on those rituals that are not always explicitly or obviously religious. The rites discussed by the author include a Roman Catholic liturgy and the excavation of burial remains.

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About the Author

Ronald L. Grimes is author of several books on ritual, including Rite Out of Place: Ritual, Media, and the Arts and Deeply into the Bone: Reinventing Rites of Passage. He is co-editor of the Oxford Ritual Studies Series and of the volume, Ritual, Media, and Conflict. Most recently, Grimes was Senior Researcher, Senior Lecturer, and ISM Fellow at Yale University. Previously, he was Chair of Ritual Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands). Currently, he resides in Canada and is Director of Ritual Studies International and Professor Emeritus of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0872496929
ISBN 13 
9780872496927
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
283