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Ritual matters : dynamic dimensions in practice / editors: Christiane Brosius and Ute Hüsken

Brosius, Christiane, 1966- [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Hüsken, Ute, 1965- [Herausgeberin/-geber]

Internaional symposium 'Change and stability in ritual' ; (New Delhi) : 2006.10.11-14

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

Online-Ressource (416 p)

Englisch

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Change and Stability of Rituals: An Introduction; Part I. Rituals on the Move; 1 Staging Ritual Heritage: How Rituals Become Theatre in Uttarakhand, India; 2 Initiation, 'Re-birth' and the Emergent Congregation: An Analysis of the Svadhyaya Movement in Western India; 3 Transferring and Re-transferring Religious Practice: ISKCON between 'East' and 'West'; 4 'Marginalised Islam': The Transfer of Rural Rituals into Urban and Pluralist Contexts and the Emergence of Transnational 'Communities of Practice'

5 Sunni Concepts of Ritual Purity in a Contemporary Diaspora Context6 Old Rituals for New Threats: Possession and Healing in the Cult of Śıtala; 7 Transfer of Ritual in a Local Tradition: Some Observations; Part II. Psychological Aspects of Ritual; 8 The Uses of Ritual; 9 Dynamic of Emotions and Dynamic of Rituals: Do Emotions Change Ritual Norms?; 10 Rituals of Possession; 11 Regarding Ritual Motivation Matters: Agency Concealed or Revealed; Part III. Ritual Economy Beyond the Ritual Frame; 12 The Power of Ritual in Marriage: A Daughter's Wedding in North-west India

13 Ritual Economy and South Indian Ritual PracticePart IV. Media and Sensual Dimensions of Ritual Action; 14 Ritual Differs: Beyond Fixity and Flexibility in South Indian Hindu Ritual; 15 'Wedding Design' Online: Transfer and Transformation of Ritual Elements in the Context of Wedding Rituals; 16 Gender, Generation and the Public Sphere: Islamic Values and Literary Response; 17 On the Representation of Presence: The Narrative of Devnarayan as a Multimedia Performance; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; INDEX

Description based upon print version of record

Erscheint auch als: Ritual matters (Druck-Ausgabe)

Print version: Ritual Matters : Dynamic Dimensions in Practice

978-0-415-55378-0

978-0-203-15172-3 ( : 136.07 (NL))

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BL2015.R48 R58 2012

203.8

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*Ritual ; Wandel ; Stabilität ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Electronic books

Ritual ; Ritualisierung ; Theorie ; Kongress ; Leiden <2006> ; New Delhi <2006> ; Kulturvergleich ; Vergleichende Geschichtswissenschaft ; Interdisziplinäre Forschung

<P>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. </P>