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The Craft of Ritual Studies (Hardcover)
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The Craft of Ritual Studies (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Ritual Studies
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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. The Craft of
Ritual Studies melds together a systematic theory and method
capable of underwriting the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study
of ritual enactments. Grimes first exposes the limitations that
disable many theories of ritual-for example, defining ritual as
essentially religious, assuming that ritual's only function is to
generate group solidarity, or treating ritual as a mirror of the
status quo. He proposes strategies and offers guidelines for
conducting field research on the public performance of rites,
providing a guide for fieldwork on complex ritual enactments,
particularly those characterized by social conflict or cultural
creativity. The volume also provides a section on case study,
focusing on a single complex event: the Santa Fe Fiesta, a New
Mexico celebration marked by protracted ethnic conflict and ongoing
dramatic creativity. Grimes explains how rites interact creatively
and critically with their social surroundings, developing such
themes as the relation of ritual to media, theater, and film, the
dynamics of ritual creativity, the negotiation of ritual criticism,
and the impact of ritual on cultural and physical environments.
This important and influential book will be the capstone work of
Grimes's three decades of leadership in the field of ritual
studies. It is accompanied by twenty online appendices illustrating
key aspects of ritual study.
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