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Beginnings in Ritual Studies lays the groundwork for the interdisciplinary study of ritual by broadening the conception of it. .Ronald L. Grimes is the author of several books on ritual, most recently, The Craft of Ritual Studies.

Beginnings in Ritual Studies lays the groundwork for the interdisciplinary study of ritual by broadening the conception of it and articulating its connections to a wide range of cultural activities. Grimes was most recently Visiting Professor of Ritual Studies at Charles University, Prague.

Beginnings in Ritual Studies lays the groundwork for the interdisciplinary study of ritual by broadening the conception of it and articulating its connections to a wide range of cultural activities

Beginnings in Ritual Studies lays the groundwork for the interdisciplinary study of ritual by broadening the conception of it and articulating its connections to a wide range of cultural activities.

Beginnings in Ritual Studies lays the groundwork for the interdisciplinary study of ritual by broadening the conception of it and articulating its connections to .

Ronald L. Grimes is the author of several books on ritual, most recently The Craft of Ritual Studies (Oxford University Press, 2014). He resides in Waterloo, Ontario, where he is Director of Ritual Studies International and Professor Emeritus of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Beginnings in ritual studies. University of South Carolina Press, c1995. Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, . Physical description. xxviii, 299 p. ; 23 cm. Series.

Comparative religion is the branch of the study of religions concerned with the systematic comparison of the doctrines and practices of the world's religions. In general the comparative study of religion yields a deeper understanding of the fundamental philosophical concerns of religion such as ethics, metaphysics, and the nature and forms of salvation.

The Craft of Ritual Studies. Beginnings in Ritual Studies. This book lays out a method for studying ritual, then illustrates it with a case study, and finally eventuates in a theory of ritual. The Ritualization of Moving and Learning. This article sketches two examples of the ritualization and globalization of knowledge.

Beginnings in Ritual Studies, Revised Ed (Studies in Comparative Relig.

Ritual studies provides a variety of ways to study ritual in the wider context of human behavior. Grimes, Ronald L. 1982; rev. e. 1995. One option is performance studies. Whereas this book deals with the universal tendency of ritual to take violent form in sacrifice and scapegoating, other scholars prefer an evolutionary perspective to locate the origins of ritual as engendering less-negative contributions to human society and community.