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Promising Rituals
Author | : Beatrix Hauser |
Publsiher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2020-11-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781000059229 |
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This book shows how the performance of rituals influences the understanding that Hindu women form of their own selves, their sense of femininity, identity as well as their role and position in the lived-in world, and vice versa. Drawn from an intensive ethnographic fieldwork in southern Orissa, each section of the book takes a close look at a specific ritual practice, in exploring concepts such as purity/pollution, religious observances (such as fasting), deity possession, associated beliefs and attitudes, as also celebrated traditions such as Thākurānī Yātrā, local processions, and the role of female ritual specialists. The study uses the premise that religious practices in themselves are neither restricting nor liberating; rather rituals provide a perceptual context with the ability to affect the self-understanding of participants, as also their conception of agency, in a way that spills across non-ritual spheres. Conceptualizing gender identity as resulting from seen, but mostly unnoticed, everyday activities and approaching cultural performances as sites of collectively defining the self, the author offers a telling and vivid account of how women perceive, realize and reflect on religious ideas, while engaging in rituals and, by doing so, negotiate complex gender norms. The book also examines the assumptions of recent theories on the social construction of identities, often-debated impact of religion on women, performativity, self-identity, and ritual agency in considering ‘doing’ gender in a traditional, non-Western context. This book will serve as essential reading for scholars of sociology, anthropology, gender studies, cultural studies, history, religion, performance, and folklore studies.
Mighty Stories Dangerous Rituals
Author | : Herbert Anderson,Edward Foley |
Publsiher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2019-02-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781506454801 |
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Shaping our journey into the Divine This moving and enlightening book presents us with a compelling vision of what can happen when we take the opportunity to connect stories and rituals--a vision of individuals and communities transformed through a deeper sense of connection to our loved ones, our communities, and God. Herbert Anderson and Edward Foley reveal how when stories and rituals work together, they have the potential to be both mighty and dangerous--mighty in their ability to lift us up and help us make these connections beyond ourselves and dangerous in challenging us to learn to live with complexity and contradiction. They show how much more meaningful a baptism, wedding, or funeral can be when liturgy is made to include and recognize the personal stories of those involved. Suddenly, these familiar life-cycle rituals are infused with new life as participants become connected in a narrative web linking past and present, human and divine. Newly created rituals can also help us connect our stories to the divine story, giving meaning to what we experience and bringing us closer to God. Ministers, worship leaders, and pastoral caregivers can use this approach to storytelling and ritual to find ways to bring together worship and pastoral care.
Bellona Island Beliefs and Rituals
Author | : Torben Monberg |
Publsiher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1991-05-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 082481147X |
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"Monberg's account of the Bellonese religion is descriptive ethnography at its best. It is rich in detail, and the organization of the material gives a coherent view of Bellonese culture and society. While not a comparative study in itself, it provides an abundance of data that will be invaluable for other works that are more comparative in nature." -from the Editor's Note Pacific Islands Monograph Series No.9 Center for Pacific Islands Studies, UH
Forgiveness Promise Possibility Failure
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2020-05-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781848881167 |
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This inter-disciplinary collection explores the wealth of nuances surrounding the concept and practice of forgiving. The essays within this work ask what it means to forgive, what constitutes an appropriate space to forgive, what is to be expected of the victim and wrongdoer, what actions must be connected to political forms of forgiveness?
Mortal Rituals
Author | : Matt Rossano |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2013-08-27 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780231165006 |
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On December 21, 1972, sixteen young survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were rescued after spending ten weeks stranded at the crash site of their plane, high in the remote Andes Mountains. The incident made international headlines and spawned several best-selling books, fueled partly by the fact that the young men had resorted to cannibalism to survive. Matt Rossano examines this story from an evolutionary perspective, weaving together findings and ideas from anthropology, psychology, religion, and cognitive science. During their ordeal, these young men broke "civilized" taboos to fend off starvation and abandoned "civilized" modes of thinking to maintain social unity and individual sanity. Through the power of ritual, the survivors were able to endure severe emotional and physical hardship. Rossano ties their story to our story, seeing in the mortal rituals of this struggle for survival a reflection of what it means to be human.
Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World
Author | : Katia Buffetrille |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 395 |
Release | : 2012-08-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789004232174 |
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Through ten contributions written by specialists, this book examines the changes rituals have undergone in Tibet, Nepal and Mongolia in the wake of political and socio-cultural upheavals.
Rules and Rituals in Medieval Power Games
Author | : Gerd Althoff |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2019-10-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789004415317 |
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In Rules and Rituals in Medieval Power Games Gerd Althoff highlights the great impact of unwritten rules (Spielregeln) and rituals in establishing order in prestate societies. He underpins this view with new examples and insights taken from the German perspective and thus offers a model suitable for comparison with other societies.
Practical Candleburning Rituals
Author | : Raymond Buckland |
Publsiher | : Llewellyn Worldwide |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9780875420486 |
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Reprint. This edition's copyright date: 2004.