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Ritual Studies and the Study of Rabbinic Literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In the last two decades several important studies have been published that focus on ritual in rabbinic literature, and consider ritual to be a critically important conceptual and analytical category in approaching rabbinic texts and rabbinic culture ...
Balberg, Mira
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The Chinshō Yasha-hō 鎮將夜叉法 and the Adaptation of Tendai Esoteric Ritual

open access: yesReligions, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Lessons from Love-Locks: The archaeology of a contemporary assemblage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version. The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Journal of Material Culture, November 2017, published by SAGE Publishing, All rights reserved.Loss of context is a challenge, if not the ...
Bord J   +31 more
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Ritual, identity fusion, and the inauguration of president Trump: a pseudo-experiment of ritual modes theory

open access: yesSelf and Identity, 2020
The US Presidential Inauguration is a symbolic event which arouses significant emotional responses among diverse groups, and is of considerable significance to Americans’ personal and social identities.
R. Kapitány   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Decorating the Neolithic: an Evaluation of the Use of Plaster in the Enhancement of Daily Life in the Middle Pre-pottery Neolithic B of the Southern Levant [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
During the Middle Pre-pottery Neolithic B in the southern Levant the use of lime plaster in both ritual and domestic contexts increased significantly relative to previous periods.
Clarke, Joanne
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Ritual (Re)design. Towards a Framework for Professional Ritual Making in Postsecular Contexts

open access: yesYearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Feminist Theologies: Looking Back to Look Ahead

open access: yesCarthaginensia, 2021
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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Nilai Budaya Ritual Perang Topat Sebagai Sumber Pembelajaran IPS Berbasis Kearifan Lokal di Sekolah Dasar

open access: yes, 2020
Lombok Barat memiliki keragaman budaya yang sangat tinggi. Berbagai macam suku, agama dan budaya hidup berdampingan di Lombok Barat. Salah satu bentuk budaya yang terus dilestarikan oleh masyarakat Lombok Barat adalah ritual Perang Topat.
Arif Widodo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role of ritual behaviour in anxiety reduction: an investigation of Marathi religious practices in Mauritius

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2020
While the occurrence of rituals in anxiogenic contexts has been long noted and supported by ethnographic, quantitative and experimental studies, the purported effects of ritual behaviour on anxiety reduction have rarely been examined.
Martin Lang, J. Krátký, D. Xygalatas
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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