Toward A Comprehensive Interpretation Of Ritual

This essay represents a groping for a comprehensive hermeneutics of religious phenomena by highlighting some of the concerns that have become part of my method for interpreting rituals in contemporary South Indian contexts. These concerns are not unrelated to the hermeneutical process more broadly c...

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Published in:Journal of ritual studies
Main Author: Clothey, Fred W. 1936- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Dep. [1988]
In: Journal of ritual studies
Year: 1988, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-161
Further subjects:B cultural appropriation
B Language translation
B Funerary rituals
B Humans
B Priests
B Religious rituals
B Normativity
B Phenomena
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:This essay represents a groping for a comprehensive hermeneutics of religious phenomena by highlighting some of the concerns that have become part of my method for interpreting rituals in contemporary South Indian contexts. These concerns are not unrelated to the hermeneutical process more broadly conceived, for the method spelled out here is derived selectively from a variety of approaches; especially those that are phenomenological, anthropological, historical, and morphological.
ISSN:0890-1112
Reference:Kritik in "A Rumor Is Afield (1988)"
Kritik in "In, Out, And In-Between (1988)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of ritual studies