Some Ideas about the Persistence of Rituals
In this essay, one particular function of rituals is explored: that of ritual as markers. It is the social importance function as marker that often lends rituals a religious nature, and consequently the religious aspects do not disappear entirely in the course of the process of secularisation, but r...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2008]
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Implicit religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-49 |
Further subjects: | B
Social Sciences
B Secularization (Theology) B Philosophy of nature B Ritual B RELIGION & science B Ritualism B Nature; Religious aspects |
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Summary: | In this essay, one particular function of rituals is explored: that of ritual as markers. It is the social importance function as marker that often lends rituals a religious nature, and consequently the religious aspects do not disappear entirely in the course of the process of secularisation, but remain in existence, explicitly at times, and at times also implicitly. |
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ISSN: | 1743-1697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Implicit religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/imre.v11i1.39 |