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Musical Ritual and Ritual Music
This article explores music as a religious ritual accompaniment within the realm of Balinese Hinduism in Bali, Indonesia, and the spiritual dimensions of music as a “tool” and a “ritual” in itself, within the Hindu-based Siddha Yoga practices and ...
Brita Renée Heimarck
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Ritual Reform and Ritual Behavior
The article focuses on the complex question of continuity and change as exemplified by ritual policies and ritual practices during the Lutheran reformation in 16th century Denmark-Norway. Thematically the article concentrates on matrimony and funeral.
Arne Bugge Amundsen
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The purpose of this study was to validate the efficacy of a customized vitamin-mineral supplement on blood biomarkers in pre-menopausal females. Women (21–40 years old) who were apparently healthy were recruited from the local community (ClinicalTrials ...
Shelby C. Osburn +12 more
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Ritual education has become an important social approach to disciplining individuals and constructing value identity because of its unique attributes and its capacity to reshape individual behaviors and values through ritual practice. Only by properly
Li Xin
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RITUALS OF INITIATION AND TRANSITION AS A MEANS OF SOCIALIZATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL
The relevance is caused by contemporary social issues such as breakdown of social structures, crisis in culture, search for identities, interethnic and interracial conflicts, formation of new social strata and hierarchies, reevaluation of moral and ...
Alexander V. Atamanov
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The Structual-Semiotic Meaning of Ritual and the Problem Relating to the Transposition of Meanings [PDF]
The author analyses the semiotic particularities in the formation and development of various levels of meaning of religious ritual. He suggests that various contexts, which reflect the specific design of various religious and cultural processes and give ...
Aleksandr Prilutskii
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The Chinshō Yasha-hō 鎮將夜叉法 and the Adaptation of Tendai Esoteric Ritual
This study aims to investigate the ritual of a peculiar scripture entitled Chinshō yasha-hō 鎮將夜叉法 (Ch. Zhenjiang yecha fa. “Tantric Ritual of Chinshō Yakṣa”). The Japanese deity Chinshō Yakṣa is a Tendai variation of Vaiśravaṇa (Ch. Pishamen/Jp. Bishamon
Pei-ying Lin
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Feminist Theologies: Looking Back to Look Ahead
Feminist theologies in the U.S. are the reason why gender has changed religions. Feminist studies in religion and social activism go hand in hand. These twin foci form a useful backdrop for understanding contemporary feminist spirituality which is a ...
Mary E. Hunt
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Ritual (Re)design. Towards a Framework for Professional Ritual Making in Postsecular Contexts
Ritualizing, the creative, imaginative, and intuitive act of ritual making has been acknowledged for some time now in the literature. In this study, this intuitive process is studied in more detail from the perspective of ritual theory.
Joanna Wojtkowiak
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RITUAL MA’ATENU SEBAGAI MEDIA KONSTRUKSI IDENTITAS KOMUNITAS MUSLIM HATUHAHA DI PELAUW MALUKU TENGAH
This article aims to expalin identity construction of the Hatuhaha muslim community in Pelauw territory, one which use ritual as its main arena. Data on ma’atenu ritual was collected through of ma’atenu implementation, and interviewing of informants in ...
Yance Z. Rumahuru
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