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Author : Zhi Chen
Release : 1999
Genre : Ethnomusicology
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Book Synopsis From Ritualization to Secularization by : Zhi Chen
Download or read book From Ritualization to Secularization written by Zhi Chen. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeltje Gordon-Lennox
Release : 2016-11-21
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 509/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Crafting Secular Ritual by : Jeltje Gordon-Lennox
Download or read book Crafting Secular Ritual written by Jeltje Gordon-Lennox. This book was released on 2016-11-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Answering the call for new rituals in our secular age, this book recognises the essential importance of rituals to the psychological, physical and spiritual health of individuals, families, organisations, and society as a whole. The book examines and explains the history, function and place of emerging rituals in different cultures, as well as providing practical guidance for creating your own secular rituals. The author includes examples, risk factors and checklists for the stages of planning new rituals for life events such as birth, marriage, and death, as well as for public occasions such as graduation and protest marches.
Author : Jeltje Gordon-Lennox
Release : 2017-02-21
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 444/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Emerging Ritual in Secular Societies by : Jeltje Gordon-Lennox
Download or read book Emerging Ritual in Secular Societies written by Jeltje Gordon-Lennox. This book was released on 2017-02-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing absence of meaningful ritual in contemporary Western societies has led to cohesive research on the history of ritualizing behaviour in different cultures. The relatively new field of ritology, which includes neuroscience, anthropology, cultural psychology, psychotherapy and even art and performance, raises questions about the significance and practice of ritual today. This book is the first of its kind to discuss the importance of secular rituals for cultural and personal growth. Using a transdisciplinary approach, a range of contributors provide an authoritative account of the science and history of rituals and their role in creating healthy societies in the modern age.
Author : Chen Zhi
Release : 2023-05-31
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 791/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Shaping of the Book of Songs by : Chen Zhi
Download or read book The Shaping of the Book of Songs written by Chen Zhi. This book was released on 2023-05-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work is a study on the formation of the Shih-ching. The author poses the hypothesis that this collection of poems, as the standard music and literature passed down to later generations, initially incorporated different cultural heritages through a process which moved from ritualization to secularization, as well as standardization to localization. In aiming to find the origins of the division of the Shih-ching into sections and subsections and their titles, as "Nan," "Feng," "Ya," and "Sung," the author employs an interdisciplinary methodology, combining ethno-musicological methods with paleography, philology, and archaeology. He draws on new archaeological data of the past two decades that has shed new light on the Shih-ching.
Author : William S. Sax
Release : 2015-11-24
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 658/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Law of Possession by : William S. Sax
Download or read book The Law of Possession written by William S. Sax. This book was released on 2015-11-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. For example, a person suffers from an illness that cannot be cured, and in order to be healed he performs a ritual involving prosecution and defense, a judge and witnesses. Divine beings give evidence through human oracles, spirits possess their human victims and are exorcized, and local gods intervene to provide healing and justice. Such practices seem to be the very antithesis of modernity and many modern, secular states have systematically attempted to eliminate them. Why are such rituals largely absent from modern societies, and what happens to them when the state attempts to expunge them from their health and justice systems, or even to criminalize them? Despite the prevalence of rituals involving some or all of these elements, The Law of Possession represents the first attempt to compare and analyze them systematically. The volume brings together historical and contemporary case studies from East Asia, South Asia, and Africa, and argues that, despite consistent attempts by states to discourage, eliminate, and criminalize them, such rituals persist and even thrive because they meet widespread human needs.
