Beginnings in Ritual Studies, Revised Ed (Studies in Comparative Religion) [Paperback]

Ronald L. Grimes (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1570030014 | ISBN-13: 978-1570030017 | Publication Date: December 1, 1994 | Edition: Rev Sub

Beginnings in Ritual Studies lays the groundwork for the interdisciplinary study of ritual by broadening the conception of it and articulating its connections to a wide range of cultural activities. Accessible to scholars and students, Beginnings addresses such fundamental issues as definitions, types, and theories of ritual. The volume integrates field research and theory in considering ritual's relation to religious, civil, medical, and theatrical dimensions of culture. The first and second editions garnered widespread praise from the scholarly community and became a standard work in the burgeoning field of ritual studies. In this third edition, Grimes adds a new preface and revises the descriptive and theoretical essays that form the core of the volume.

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About the Author

Ronald L. Grimes co-edits the Oxford Ritual Studies Series for Oxford University Press and is the author of several books on ritual: Rite Out of Place: Ritual, Media, and the Arts; Deeply into the Bone: Re-Inventing Rites of Passage; Reading, Writing, and Ritualizing; Marrying & Burying; Ritual Criticism; and Beginnings in Ritual Studies. He is editor of Readings in Ritual Studies and co- editor of Ritual, Media, and Conflict. With colleagues, he initiated the Ritual Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion and founded the Journal of Ritual Studies. Grimes has held visiting professorships at Yale University, the University of Colorado, the University of Pittsburgh, and Notre Dame University. From 1974-2008 he was Professor of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where he taught courses on religion and the performing arts, field research in the study of religion, and ritual studies. Subsequently, he was Professor of Ritual Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Grimes is co-webmaster of Ritual Studies: www.ritualstudies.com. His own Web site is http://ronaldlgrimes.twohornedbull.ca/. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 332 pages
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press; Rev Sub edition (December 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570030014
• ISBN-13: 978-1570030017
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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More About the Author

Ronald L. Grimes is the author or editor of several books on ritual, including Ritual, Media, and Conflict (Oxford University Press, 2011), Rite Out of Place: Ritual, Media, and the Art (Oxford University Press, 2006), Deeply into the Bone: Re-Inventing Rites of Passage (University of California Press, 2002). He is Professor Emeritus of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada and held the Chair of Ritual Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, from 2005-2010. He taught courses on religion and the performing arts, field research in the study of religion, ritual studies, and indigenous religions.