Exploring Ritual Fields Today

Rituals, although seemingly traditional and fixed, a re v ery m uch contextualand subject to change. Rituals do not exist and are not performed in a vacuum,and are not independent of time and place. They are deeply influenced by thecultural, social, economic, and political contexts in which they app...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
Subjects:
adaptive reuse
agency
altar
arena
boundaries
canon law
cemetery
childbirth
chronotopicity
church architecture
church buildings
church reuse
cocreation
consecration
cultural analysis
deconsecration
desecration
embodiment
entrepreneurs
Europe
form-of-life
funeral
good death
History
History and Archaeology
hospice
India
institutional religion
landscape
liturgy
meaning making
minority groups
monastic spirituality
n/a
pilgrimage
pluralization
power
pregnancy
profanation
religious groups
ritual
ritual criticism
ritual dynamics
ritual practice
ritual transfer
ritualizing
rituals
Roman Catholic Church
routes
sacred places
sacred space
satī
Social and ethical issues
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
space
spirituality
widow-burning
ISBN:9783036513119, 3036513116, 3036513124, 9783036513126
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Summary:Rituals, although seemingly traditional and fixed, a re v ery m uch contextualand subject to change. Rituals do not exist and are not performed in a vacuum,and are not independent of time and place. They are deeply influenced by thecultural, social, economic, and political contexts in which they appear. Trendsin culture also lead to ritual trends. Therefore, rituals are a dynamic field, whichis reflected in this Special Issue of Religions regarding "Exploring RitualFields Today".
ISBN:9783036513119
3036513116
3036513124
9783036513126
DOI:10.3390/books978-3-0365-1311-9