Ritual : key concepts in religion / Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stewart, Pamela J.
Other Authors: Strathern, Andrew
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Subjects:
Ritual.
Rites and ceremonies.
Ritualism.
Physical Description:ix, 171 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: problems of definition
  • Early grand theorists
  • The fieldwork revolution: Malinowski, Radcliffe-Brown and Boas
  • Structure and process: Victor Turner
  • Ancestor worship and sacrifice: Meyer Fortes, psychological interpretations and divination
  • Contemporary approaches to ritual analysis
  • Performance and productivity
  • Cognitive approaches
  • Conclusions: framings and values.