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Ingredients of ‘rituals’ and their cognitive underpinnings
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2020 Ritual is not a proper scientific object, as the term is used to denote disparate forms of behaviour, on the basis of a faint family resemblance. Indeed, a variety of distinct cognitive mechanisms are engaged, in various combinations, in the diverse ...
P. Boyer, P. Liénard
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Understanding the Social Gifts of Drinking Rituals: An Alternative Framework for PSA Developers [PDF]
, 1999 Binge drinking behavior has been described as the most significant health hazard on college campuses today. Using definitions of ritual behavior drawn from the literature, the authors conducted focus groups, depth interviews, and participant observations
Otnes, Cele C. +2 more
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Scapegoat Rituals in Ancient Greece
The Oedipus Casebook, 2020 N the Old Testament a curious purification ritual occurs of which the final ceremony is described as follows: "And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all ...
J. Bremmer
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Staging deaths: King Sverre or a usurper’s path to the throne
Medievalista, 2018 The present study explores how the Norwegian usurper, King Sverre (1184-1202) exploited three princely burials to overthrow the ruling king and establish his dynasty.
David Brégaint
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« Ils ont transformé la divinité Yuma en Dieu ! »
Ateliers d'Anthropologie, 2021 This article focuses on recent changes in Limbu rituals in Sikkim, and especially the disagreement between a new religious movement called Yumaism—centred on the cult of a young woman considered a reincarnation of the Limbu domestic deity Yuma—and those ...
Mélanie Vandenhelsken
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United on Sunday: The effects of secular rituals on social bonding and affect
PLoS ONE, 2020 Religious rituals are associated with health benefits, potentially produced via social bonding. It is unknown whether secular rituals similarly increase social bonding.
S. Charles +5 more
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Global Crime, 2015 Why do criminals use rituals? Past work argues that criminal rituals provide a sense of continuity or certainty in an inherently uncertain environment. We argue instead that rituals play an important organizational role. Criminal rituals facilitate internal governance and promote group activity through three mechanisms: creating common knowledge ...
Skarbek, David Benjamin, Wang, Peng
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Rituals Online : Transferring and Designing Rituals [PDF]
, 2006 Kerstin Radde-Antweiler stresses the aspect of ritual construction by the individual believers in her paper Rituals Online. Transferring and Designing Rituals.
Radde-Antweiler, Kerstin
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Context of Mourning During the Pandemic: Spaces, Rituals, Outgoings, and Survivors
Journal of Economy Culture and Society, 2022 This research deals with the experiences of people who lost relatives during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ways they understand and cope with death, and the sad picture they create through space and rituals. Qualitative data was composed based on narratives
Ömer Canpolat, Hatice Yaprak Civelek
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The Dogs of Ninkilim, part two: Babylonian rituals to counter field pests [PDF]
, 2010 This article presents editions of all the extant Babylonian incantations against field pests. The sources date to the first millennium BC and many have not been published before.
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