Ritual as a Form of the Religious Mentality
A grounded social inquiry into religion presupposes serious conceptualizations of typical religious phenomena, such as ritual. The concept of ritual should be one which pertains to ritual as a phenomenon in itself, not as a mere occasion for the workings of non-ritual and non-religious variables. A...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1985
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1985, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 59-71 |
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| Summary: | A grounded social inquiry into religion presupposes serious conceptualizations of typical religious phenomena, such as ritual. The concept of ritual should be one which pertains to ritual as a phenomenon in itself, not as a mere occasion for the workings of non-ritual and non-religious variables. A preliminary formulation of such a concept is attempted. Ritual is described as an embodiment of a presupposed set of attitudinal stances, demarcated by social convention. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3710898 |