Ritual Matters: Dynamic Dimensions in PracticeUte Hüsken, Christiane Brosius This book explores the interaction of rituals and ritualised practices utilising a cross-cultural approach. It discusses whether and why rituals are important today, and why they are possibly even more relevant than before. |
Contents
Initiation Rebirth and the Emergent | 49 |
Sunni Concepts of Ritual Purity in a Contemporary | 124 |
Possession and Healing | 144 |
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Alevi Alevi dede Anatolia Anthropology aspects Balaji behaviour Bektashi Bengal bhaktipheri Bhopa caste cem-ritual cemevis century ceremony Chaniotis concept context cult cultural Dadaji dance daughter dedes deity Delhi devadasis Devnārāyaṇ devotees diaspora dissociation divine dynamic emotions essay festival flowerbed German goddess Gujarat healing Heidelberg heritage Hindu Hinduism identity India individual ISKCON Islam İstanbul kanya daan Kolkata Kṛṣṇa Langer marapu means Mevlevî migration modern motivation movement Muslim narrative Nāṭārs notion one's organisation participants person perspective political Prabhupada present priests psychological pūjā purity Qur'an Rajasthan refers religion religious practice rites ritual action ritual performance ritual practice ritual specialists ritual traditions role sacred sanskār Sanskrit Śītalā smallpox society Sokolowski 1955 South Indian spirit possession Svadhyaya Tamil Tamil Nadu temple theory transfer of ritual transformation Turkey Turkish University Press Uttarakhand variolators Vēlāļas village Vrindavan wedding women worship
Bibliographic information
| Title | Ritual Matters: Dynamic Dimensions in Practice Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central |
| Editors | Ute Hüsken, Christiane Brosius |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0415553784, 9780415553780 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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