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Art Journal, 1992
With a gesture of an eagle feather, Elijah Harper, an Ojibway-Cree and a New Democrat member of the Manitoba legislature, indicated his “No” to the constitutional changes proposed in the Meech Lake Accord, on the grounds that First Nations had been excluded.1 During the much-publicized confrontation at Oka between Mohawk warriors and the Securite de ...
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With a gesture of an eagle feather, Elijah Harper, an Ojibway-Cree and a New Democrat member of the Manitoba legislature, indicated his “No” to the constitutional changes proposed in the Meech Lake Accord, on the grounds that First Nations had been excluded.1 During the much-publicized confrontation at Oka between Mohawk warriors and the Securite de ...
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2020
Abstract It is customary to view rituals as a dominant feature in the practice of religions. Thus, scholars generally discuss rituals in terms of a theological setting and focus on meaning, reason, and purpose. However, this chapter proposes a wider context from which to view ritual that takes into account the behavioral factors that are
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Abstract It is customary to view rituals as a dominant feature in the practice of religions. Thus, scholars generally discuss rituals in terms of a theological setting and focus on meaning, reason, and purpose. However, this chapter proposes a wider context from which to view ritual that takes into account the behavioral factors that are
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Ritual und rituelles Wissen (Rituals and Ritual Knowledge)
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016German Abstract Rituale sind fur die Konstitution, Aufrechterhaltung und Veranderung von Gemeinschaften wichtig. Sie verbinden Vergangenes mit Gegenwartigem und Zukunftigem. In Gemeinschaften und Gesellschaften schaffen sie Strukturen. Sie inkorporieren die in gesellschaftliche Institutionen enthaltene Werte und Handlungsweisen in die Menschen, die in ...
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Ritualization and Ritual Invention
2018In the lexicon of ritual theory, the notion of ritualization bears a heavy load. The concept aims to account for both the origins and functions of ritual (at both the biological and cultural levels), as well as inform reflection on the meaning and merit of ritual and even ritual theory.
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1992
Abstract Durkheim’s theory of solidarity presupposes that a ‘collective conscience’, or a system of shared values and beliefs, is a necessary condition of order. Most of his work is concerned with those institutions which he considered vital for the production of solidarity: religion, law, education, and the division of labour.
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Abstract Durkheim’s theory of solidarity presupposes that a ‘collective conscience’, or a system of shared values and beliefs, is a necessary condition of order. Most of his work is concerned with those institutions which he considered vital for the production of solidarity: religion, law, education, and the division of labour.
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Family Process, 1984
Family rituals, consisting of celebrations, traditions, and patterned family interactions, are defined and illustrated in this paper. The power of ritual practice in families is explained by three underlying processes — transformation, communication, and stabilization — concepts whose roots lie in anthropology and ethology. We propose that all families
S J, Wolin, L A, Bennett
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Family rituals, consisting of celebrations, traditions, and patterned family interactions, are defined and illustrated in this paper. The power of ritual practice in families is explained by three underlying processes — transformation, communication, and stabilization — concepts whose roots lie in anthropology and ethology. We propose that all families
S J, Wolin, L A, Bennett
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Hastings Center Report, 2008
Death in the newborn intensive care unit, as elsewhere, is often marked by rituals. Some, like the cadence of a code or helping parents with their grief, are included in both the formal and informal education of physicians. Among these, though perhaps not named as such, is the "unburdening" of the parents--an attempt to relieve them of misplaced guilt.
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Death in the newborn intensive care unit, as elsewhere, is often marked by rituals. Some, like the cadence of a code or helping parents with their grief, are included in both the formal and informal education of physicians. Among these, though perhaps not named as such, is the "unburdening" of the parents--an attempt to relieve them of misplaced guilt.
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Ritual as Therapy, Therapy as Ritual
Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 2000Summary This article comments on the relationship between ritual and therapy with an exploration of two rituals, one from public life and one from clinical practice. Part one focuses on the bar/bat mitzvah ritual (coming-of-age ceremony for 13 year old Jewish adolescents) as a naturally occurring “therapeutic opportunity,” and part two, on the way ...
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1968
To the Editor:— Every year, from late May to the middle of June, American institutions of learning inflict on their faculty, their graduating students, and the latter's relatives a series of protracted ordeals, viz, the commencement address, the precommencement address, the graduation oration, and sundry other forms of prolonged but exquisite verbal ...
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To the Editor:— Every year, from late May to the middle of June, American institutions of learning inflict on their faculty, their graduating students, and the latter's relatives a series of protracted ordeals, viz, the commencement address, the precommencement address, the graduation oration, and sundry other forms of prolonged but exquisite verbal ...
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Ritual, Rituals, and Ritualizing in American Buddhism
Abstract Popular religious discourse in America both valorizes meditation as good and ritual as bad, and dichotomizes the two as distinct and separate. Historically rooted in the conflicts of the Reformation, these paired oppositions perpetuate a Cartesian-style dualism of mind and body, a privileging of thought over action, and an ...openaire +1 more source