The Construction of Time and Eternity in Ritual
Author | : Roy A. Rappaport |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Rites and ceremonies |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Roy A. Rappaport |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Rites and ceremonies |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kyungwook Jung |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Solomon |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2012-03-26 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9400727550 |
In the twentieth century, in both China and the West, ritual became marginalized in the face of the growth of secularism and individualism. In China, Confucianism and its essentially ritualistic comportment to the world were vigorously suppressed during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) under Mao Zedong. But de-ritualization already took place as a result of the Chinese Revolution of 1911 under Sun Yat-Sen. In the West, while the process of de-ritualization has been generally more gradual, it has been nonetheless drastic. In contrast to this situation, this volume investigates the crucial role ritual plays in constituting the human understanding of their place in the cosmos, the purpose of their lives, and imbues human existence with a more complete sense of meaningfulness. This volume presents the work of philosophers from both China and the West as they reflect upon the constitutive role that ritual plays in human life. They reflect not only on ritual in general but also on specific Confucian and Christian appreciations of ritual. This provocative volume is a beacon of warning to Western philosophers, who think they have graduated from the trappings of ritual, and a beacon of hope for Eastern thinkers, who wish to avoid cultural fragmentation. The Editors, both Eastern and Western, have together created a seamless work that not only introduces ritual, but advances an argument for the contribution that ritual makes to cultural renewal. This volume is a work of philosophical thinking about ritual doing, but challenges those who think to realize that the salvation of philosophical thinking rests in the particularity and contingency of ritual doing. Let us hope this volume is widely read, for it points to that which might renew the West. - Jeffrey P. Bishop, Saint Louis University
Author | : Roy A. Rappaport |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780472111701 |
A meaningful homage to an extraordinary anthropologist
Author | : Michael Stausberg |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 543 |
Release | : 2009-06-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1134041470 |
Interest in theories of religion has never been greater. Scholars debate single theoretical approaches in different scholarly journals, while the ‘new atheists’ such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett criticize the whole idea of religion. For everyone eager to understand the current state of the field, Contemporary Theories of Religion surveys the neglected landscape in its totality. Michael Stausberg brings together leading scholars of the field to review and discuss seventeen contemporary theories of religion. As well as scholars of religion, it features anthropologists, archaeologists, classicists, evolutionary biologists, philosophers and sociologists. Each chapter provides students with background information on the theoretician, a presentation of the theory’s basic principles, an analysis of basic assumptions, and a review of previous critiques. Concluding with a section entitled 'Back and Forth', Stausberg compares the different theories and points to further avenues of discussion for the future.
Author | : Roy A. Rappaport |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 1999-03-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780521296908 |
Roy Rappaport argues that religion is central to the continuing evolution of life, although it has been been displaced from its original position of intellectual authority by the rise of modern science. His book, which could be construed as in some degree religious as well as about religion, insists that religion can and must be reconciled with science. Combining adaptive and cognitive approaches to the study of humankind, he mounts a comprehensive analysis of religion's evolutionary significance, seeing it as co-extensive with the invention of language and hence of culture as we know it. At the same time he assembles the fullest study yet of religion's main component, ritual, which constructs the conceptions which we take to be religious and has been central in the making of humanity's adaptation. The text amounts to a manual for effective ritual, illustrated by examples drawn from anthropology, history, philosophy, comparative religion, and elsewhere.
Author | : Jens Kreinath |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 593 |
Release | : 2007-09-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9047421825 |
Volume two of Theorizing Rituals mainly consists of an annotated bibliography of more than 400 items covering those books, edited volumes and essays that are considered most relevant for the field of ritual theory. Instead of proposing yet another theory of ritual, the bibliography is a comprehensive monument documenting four decades of theorizing rituals.
Author | : Jacob Pandian |
Publisher | : Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9788179360057 |
Author | : Jonathan Ben-Dov |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781108522489 |
Author | : 梁家荣 |
Publisher | : BEIJING BOOK CO. INC. |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2021-11-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
本书透过古籍文献的梳理,还原孔子学说的本来面目;重释古老儒学的核心概念;清除对儒学的流行误解;重估孔子之道的现代意义。