Ritualistics
Editori
Ahlbäck, Tore
The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi
2003
Kuvaus
CATHARINA BLOMBERG
Yoroi-kizome, Genbuku and Taking the Tonsure. Rites of Passage among the Bushi in Feudal Japan
CLEMENS CAVALLIN
Sacrifice as Action and Actions as Sacrifices. The Role of Breath in
the Internalisation of Sacrificial Action in the Vedic Brāhmanas
ANDREAS HÄGER
Christian Rock Concerts as a Meeting between Religion and Popular Culture
TINA HAMRIN-DAHL
Witch Accusations, Rapes and Burnings in South Africa
NILS G. HOLM
Ritualistics. An Overview of Research from a Religio-psychological Perspective
KNUT A. JACOBSEN
The Sacred Geography of Kapila. The Kapilāśrama of Sidhpur
MARJA-LIISA KEINÄNEN
Religious Ritual Contested. Anti-religious Activities and
Women's Ritual Practice in Rural Soviet Karelia
GÖRAN LARSSON
On-line Rituals: A New Field of Research. Neo-pagan and Muslim Cyber Rituals
MARIA LEPPÄKARI
Protestant Pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Preparations for the
Kingdom of God in Apocalyptic Rhetoric Strategy
BRITT-MARI NÄSSTRÖM
The Rites in the Mysteries of Dionysus. The Birth of the Drama
JØRGEN PODEMANN SØRENSEN
The Rhetoric of Ritual
ERIK REENBERG SAND
Rituals between Religion and Politics. The Case of VHP's 2001-2002 Ayodhya-campaign
MIA RIKALA
A Rebirth for the Pharaoh. Reflections on the Classification of the
New Kingdom Divine Birth Cycle as a Ritual
PETER SCHALK
"Conjuring Up Spirits of the Past." Identifications in Public Ritual
of Living Persons with Persons from the Past
JESPER SØRENSEN
The Question of Ritual. A Cognitive Approach
MICHAEL STAUSBERG
Ritual Orders and Ritologiques. A Terminological Quest for Some
Neglected Fields of Study
ING-BRITT TRANKELL
Ritual Works and Practices. A Case Study from a Muslim Community
in Cambodia
Yoroi-kizome, Genbuku and Taking the Tonsure. Rites of Passage among the Bushi in Feudal Japan
CLEMENS CAVALLIN
Sacrifice as Action and Actions as Sacrifices. The Role of Breath in
the Internalisation of Sacrificial Action in the Vedic Brāhmanas
ANDREAS HÄGER
Christian Rock Concerts as a Meeting between Religion and Popular Culture
TINA HAMRIN-DAHL
Witch Accusations, Rapes and Burnings in South Africa
NILS G. HOLM
Ritualistics. An Overview of Research from a Religio-psychological Perspective
KNUT A. JACOBSEN
The Sacred Geography of Kapila. The Kapilāśrama of Sidhpur
MARJA-LIISA KEINÄNEN
Religious Ritual Contested. Anti-religious Activities and
Women's Ritual Practice in Rural Soviet Karelia
GÖRAN LARSSON
On-line Rituals: A New Field of Research. Neo-pagan and Muslim Cyber Rituals
MARIA LEPPÄKARI
Protestant Pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Preparations for the
Kingdom of God in Apocalyptic Rhetoric Strategy
BRITT-MARI NÄSSTRÖM
The Rites in the Mysteries of Dionysus. The Birth of the Drama
JØRGEN PODEMANN SØRENSEN
The Rhetoric of Ritual
ERIK REENBERG SAND
Rituals between Religion and Politics. The Case of VHP's 2001-2002 Ayodhya-campaign
MIA RIKALA
A Rebirth for the Pharaoh. Reflections on the Classification of the
New Kingdom Divine Birth Cycle as a Ritual
PETER SCHALK
"Conjuring Up Spirits of the Past." Identifications in Public Ritual
of Living Persons with Persons from the Past
JESPER SØRENSEN
The Question of Ritual. A Cognitive Approach
MICHAEL STAUSBERG
Ritual Orders and Ritologiques. A Terminological Quest for Some
Neglected Fields of Study
ING-BRITT TRANKELL
Ritual Works and Practices. A Case Study from a Muslim Community
in Cambodia
Tiivistelmä
The problem of ritual has been a central topic of religious studies since the earliest days of the research tradition. Rituals offer material for interesting paths of inquiry related to both historical and contemporary perspectives, and can also be viewed from several different angles, such as the sociological, psychological, ethnographic or theological. This visible form of religious engagement is especially interesting to discuss in relation to the increasing secularisation of the public spaces and discourses in the Nordic countries today.
Among the articles we find significant contributions concentrating on theoretical aspects of rituals. Some authors present novel analyses of ancient religious rituals, such as pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Japanese rites of passage and Dionysian mysteries. The issue also includes a number of articles that deal with rituals of a modern, non-traditional kind, such as Neo-pagan cyber rituals, Christian rock concerts and women’s recreation of ritual practices.
Among the articles we find significant contributions concentrating on theoretical aspects of rituals. Some authors present novel analyses of ancient religious rituals, such as pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Japanese rites of passage and Dionysian mysteries. The issue also includes a number of articles that deal with rituals of a modern, non-traditional kind, such as Neo-pagan cyber rituals, Christian rock concerts and women’s recreation of ritual practices.