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Books on: ritual in society

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Myth and Ritual in the Plays of Samuel Beckett

Book by Katherine H. Burkman; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1987

Subjects:

Beckett, Samuel--1906-1989--Dramatic Works, Myth In Literature, Ritual In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the values of the society from which the characters...Claudia Clausius in Bad Habits While...mythification of Ritual, and Phyllis Carey...connection between ritual and the beginning...this can be found in the introductory...Action in Human Society (Ithaca: Cornell...
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Manhood and Morality: Sex, Violence, and Ritual in Gisu Society

Book by Suzette Heald; Routledge, 1999

Subjects:

Gisu (African People)--Psychology, Gisu (African People)--Rites And Ceremonies, Gisu (African People)--Sexual Behavior, Men--Uganda--Identity, Sex Role--Uganda--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Violence--Uganda

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

'An impressive and meticulously crafted African ethnography, which has theoretical and practical relevance for understanding masculinity and violence in general'- David Parkin, Professor of Anthropology, Cambridge University Manhood and Morality explores issues of male identity among the Gisu of ...
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'An impressive and meticulously crafted African ethnography, which has theoretical and practical relevance for understanding masculinity and violence in general'- David Parkin, Professor of Anthropology, Cambridge University Manhood and Morality explores issues of male identity among the Gisu of Uganda and the moral dilemma faced by men who define themselves by their capacity for violence. Drawing extensively on twenty years of fieldwork and on psychological theory the book covers: circumcisionOedipal feelingswitchcraftdeviancejokingsexualityand ethnicity.This ethnographic study challenges our preconceptions of manhood, especially African virility, inviting a wider re-evaluation of masculinity.
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Ceremony and Ritual in Japan: Religious Practices in an Industrialized Society

Book by Jan Van Bremen, D. P. Martinez; Routledge, 1995

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...1989 portrayal of rituals of gender, person, and society in one of the numerous...Gender, Person, and Society in Ritual Portrayal, Stanford...Gender, Person, and Society in Ritual Portrayal, Stanford...
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Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World

Book by Paul Mirecki, Marvin Meyer; Brill, 2002

Subjects:

Magic, Ancient

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

This volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The essays are authored by leading scholars in the fields of Egyptology, ancient Near Eastern studies, the Hebrew Bible, Judaica, classical Greek and Roman studies, early ...
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This volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The essays are authored by leading scholars in the fields of Egyptology, ancient Near Eastern studies, the Hebrew Bible, Judaica, classical Greek and Roman studies, early Christianity and patristics, and Coptic and Islamic Egypt.
The strength of the present volume lies in the breadth of scholarly approaches represented. The book begins with several papyrological studies presenting important new texts in Greek and Coptic, continuing with essays focusing on taxonomy and definition. The concluding essays apply contemporary theories to analyses of specific test cases in a broad variety of ancient Mediterranean cultures.
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Old Ship of Zion: The Afro-Baptist Ritual in the African Diaspora

Book by Walter F. Pitts; Oxford University Press, 1996

Subjects:

African American Baptists, Blacks--Africa--Religion, Public Worship--Baptists--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

This book retraces the African origins of African-American forms of worship. During a five-year period in the field, Pitts played the piano at and recorded numerous worship services in black Baptist churches throughout rural Texas. His historical comparisons and linguistic analyses of this material ...
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This book retraces the African origins of African-American forms of worship. During a five-year period in the field, Pitts played the piano at and recorded numerous worship services in black Baptist churches throughout rural Texas. His historical comparisons and linguistic analyses of this material uncover striking parallels between "Afro-Baptist" services and the religious rituals of Western and Central Africa, as well as other African-derived rituals in the United States Sea Islands, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Pitts demonstrates that African and African-American worship share an underlying binary ritual frame: the somber melancholy of the first frame and the high emotion of the second frame. Pitts's revealing perspective on this often misunderstood aspect of African-American religion provides an investigative model for the study of diaspora cultural practices and the residual influence of their African sources.
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Journal Articles on: ritual in society

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Text and Ritual in Early China

Journal article by Yuri Pines; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 125, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Text and Ritual in Early China (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...present a more coherent picture of what happened in pre-imperial and early imperial society. Perhaps this will be the task of future conference...detailed analysis of the relations between text and ritual, the nature of Classicism, and the ritual culture...
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Ritual in Narrative: The Dynamics of Feasting, Mourning, and Retaliation Rites in the Ugaritic Tale of Aqhat

Journal article by Simon B. Parker; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002

Subjects:

Ritual in Narrative: The Dynamics of Feasting, Mourning, and Retaliation Rites in the Ugaritic Tale of Aqhat (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the depiction of the roles of the gods in each case would achieve little more, given...important details of the etiquette of each ritual. REFERENCES Bell, C. 1992. Ritual...forthcoming. The Ugaritic Ritual Texts. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.
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Margaret C. Reynolds. Plain Women: Gender and Ritual in the Old Order River Brethren

Journal article by Laura H. Weaver; Utopian Studies, Vol. 14, 2003

Subjects:

Plain Women: Gender and Ritual in the Old Order River Brethren (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...Gender and Ritual in the Old Order...of plain society" (x). Unfortunately...foodways, and ritual--she limited...Religion, and Society of the Old...this group in Anabaptism...supports the society. A persistent...reinforced in the breadmaking ritual, Reynolds...
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State and Court Ritual in China

Journal article by Kai-Wing Chow; China Review International, Vol. 8, 2001

Subjects:

State and Court Ritual in China (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...to local society through the...local elites in the performance...community-pact ritual. Echoing...Arthur Wolf in his own essay...influence local society. But it was rituals, not the...culture and society as a whole...becomes "ritual," and ritual in general usage...
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Cathedral and Civic Ritual in Late Medieval and Renaissance Florence: The Service Books of Santa Maria del Fiore

Journal article by Murray Steib; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Cathedral and Civic Ritual in Late Medieval and Renaissance Florence: The Service Books of Santa Maria del Fiore (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

Cathedral and Civic Ritual in Late Medieval and Renaissance Florence...Marica S. Tacconi. Cathedral and Civic Ritual in Late Medieval and Renaissance Florence...understanding of cathedral and civic ritual in one of the most important cities...

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Magazine Articles on: ritual in society

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Satanic Cults' Ritual Abuse of Children: Horror or Hoax?

Magazine article by Jeffrey S. Victor; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 122, November 1993

Subjects:

Child abuse--Social aspects, Satanism--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...runaway youths for ritual sacrifice and commit...the institutions of society in order to subvert...psychotherapists. Satanic ritual abuse testimonials...the International Society for the Study of...sexual victimization in hundreds of psychotherapy...
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Ceremony and Ritual: Folk Art of Latin America

Magazine article by Jr. Marion Oettinger; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 121, March 1993

Subjects:

Art, Latin American--Criticism and interpretation, Latin American art--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Entire Library

...architecture, local advertising, culinary habits, religious ritual, and politics, folk art is at the very core of Latin American culture and society. Folk artists are found all over Latin America--in noisy, cities, busy regional market towns, sleepy coastal...
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Ritual and Religius Experince: William James and the Study of 'Alternative Spiritualities.'

Magazine article by Jo Pearson; Cross Currents, Vol. 53, Fall 2003

Subjects:

Atheism, James, Henry, James, William, Pater, Walter, Religion, Theosophical Society

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Theosophical Society (1875) and...be ignored in our study...witchcraft, and ritual often are...Roy (1999), Ritual and Religion in the Making...Princeton: Society for the Social...running through ritual studies for...interesting in terms of Jamess...
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Popper's Return Engagement: The Open Society in an Era of Globalization

Magazine article by Neil Mcinnes; The National Interest, Spring 2002

Subjects:

Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Communist countries--Social aspects, Globalization--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Politics and culture--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Popper, Karl--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Open Society and its Enemies (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...closed to the open society. This particular...relieve the pressure by ritual colonization, the...threatened tribalism in Sparta. "The strain...1840 the Maori lived in a cruel, ignorant, authoritarian society, "closed intellectually...cannibalism--not occasional ritual cannibalism but cannibalism...
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Public Lives: Women, Family and Society in Victorian Britain

Magazine article by Tristram Hunt; History Today, Vol. 54, April 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Public Lives: Women, Family and Society in Victorian Britain (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...unacknowledged involvement of women in Victorian civil society and their role in the cultural construction of middle-class identity...associations and activities, the rational knowledge and civic ritual which helped to define the Victorian bourgeois mentality...

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Newspaper Articles on: ritual in society

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Shop Makes Tea Ritual Downright Cozy

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), March 17, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the most exotic black tea weve ever had. But Tea Things ignores ritual, serving the brew in a small, paper cup. The powdered substitute for cream they serve might...afternoon tea break taken by members of a local chapter of the Red Hat Society.
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Villagers Say Their Ritual Stone Shall Not Be Moved; Special: The Turoe Stone Is One of the Finest Ritual Stones in Europe

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 22, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...One of the Finest Ritual Stones in Europe. Byline...the TuroeHistorical Society wants the stone to...Kieran Jordan of the society saysthatsuchamovewould...a publicmeeting in Bullaun on Saturday...The concept of the ritual stone was created...
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A Powerful Ritual of U.S. Governing; Swearing in Followed by Celebrations

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 20, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...S. Governing; Swearing in Followed by Celebrations...the transcendent public ritual of American representative...S. Capitol Historical Society. Its regularity "lends...inaugural, on April 30, 1789, in New York City, he established...inaugural ball was staged in 1809, for James Madison...
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An Emphasis on Spirituality Fasting a Pillar of Islam, Also a Ritual of Many Faiths

Newspaper article by Hafsa Naz Mahmood; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 5, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...secretary general of Islamic Society of North America. "This...to sunset. Fasting is a ritual for many faiths as a way...the Abrahamic faiths." In Christianity, for instance...associated with Lent. In Judaism, its associated...benefit and an increase in sensitivity which comes...
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Why Are We Really So Hooked on Sales? Battling with Shoppers over a Half-Price Deal May Horrify Us, Yet Thousands Can't Resist: This Festive Ritual Tells Us More about Us Than We Care to Admit

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 28, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Resist: This Festive Ritual Tells Us More about...season, the Gucci sale in Bond Street yesterday...for the consumer society. If we define ourselves...Theyre a secular ritual, something that we...may be a fragmented society, but consumerism can bring us all together in the sociable queues...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: ritual in society

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Triad Society

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Taendi hui) or the Triad Society (Sanhe hui), two secret...cent. that had originated in Fujian prov. The avowed...sharing a similar ideology, ritual, and terminology spread...the fraternal ties and in the protection offered...brought a revival of secret-society militancy and anti-Manchu...
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Gluckman, Herman Max

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Rituals of Rebellion in South-East Africa (1954), Order and Rebellion in Tribal Africa (1963), Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society (1965), and The Allocation of Responsibility (1972). ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth...
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Confucianism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the proper management of society. It envisaged man as essentially...combination of etiquette and ritual. In some of these relations...inferior to others. If a person in a subordinate status wishes...veneration to Confucius in special shrines began in...
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Prophet

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...priest suggests established ritual duties. The Prophetic Tradition in the Ancient Middle East...R. R. Wilson, Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel (1980); D. E. Aune, Prophecy in Society in Early Christianity and the...
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Taoism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and Taoism (1963, repr. 1982); N. J. Girardot, Myth and Meaning in Early Taoism (1983); J. Lagerway, Taoist Ritual in Chinese Society and History (1987). ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia...

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