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When rituals go wrong : mistakes, failure and the dynamics of ritual /
Investigates the implications of breaking ritual rules, of failed performances and of the extinction of ritual systems. This book offers a study on ritual mistakes and failure.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden : Biggleswade :
Brill ; Extenza Turpin [distributor],
2007.
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| Series: | Studies in the history of religions ;
115. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Introduction (Edward L. Schieffelin); Mistakes, Procedural Errors and Incorrect Performances; Types of Ritual Failure and Mistakes in Ritual in Cuneiform Sources (Claus Ambos); Failure and Mistakes in Rituals of the European Santo Daime Church: Experiences and Subjective Theories of the Participants (Jan Weinhold); Failure Impossible? Handling of Rules, Mistakes and Failure in Public Rituals of Modern Western Societies (Burckhard Dücker); Dealing with Deviations in the Performance of Masonic Rituals (Jan A.M. Snoek); Perfection and Mishaps in Vedic Rituals (Axel Michaels).