The craft of ritual studies
Texte imprimé
- Auteurs : Grimes Ronald L ;
- Editeurs : Oxford Oxford University Press ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 2014
- ISBN : 978-0-19-530142-7, 0-19-530142-0, 978-0-19-530143-4, 0-19-530143-9, 0-19-937355-8, 978-0-19-937355-0
- Sujets : Rituel
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVIII-414 p.), : Ill., 24 cm
- Pays de publication : Royaume-Uni
Notes
Bibliogr. p. 347-361. Index
Résumé
In religious studies, theory, and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized debate over scientific versus theological perspectives. Ronald L. Grimes shows that this debate has stagnated, due in part to a manner of theorizing too far removed from the study of actual religious practices. A worthwhile theory, according to Grimes, must be practice-oriented, and practices are most effectively studied by field research methods. This title melds together a systematic theory and method capable of underwriting the cross-cultural interdisciplinary study of ritual enactments