Ronald L. Grimes

Ronald L Grimes is the author of thirteen books on ritual. Among them are Symbol and Conquest; Deeply into the Bone: Re-Inventing Rites of Passage; The Craft of Ritual Studies; Ritual Criticism; Beginnings in Ritual Studies; and Endings in Ritual Studies. He is an editor of the Oxford Ritual Studies Series, Director of Ritual Studies International and Professor Emeritus of Religion and Culture at Laurier University. He was Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of Colorado, Boulder; Senior Researcher and Senior Lecturer at Yale University; Visiting Professor of Religious Studies at Charles University, Prague; Chair of Ritual Studies at Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands. He is a consultant for films and academic programs. His most recent publication is a work of fiction called Hoot, now in its second edition.