Ritual
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Abstract: Patients and their families are often concerned to find a material cause for suffering rather than to accept the mystery of its ontological necessity. In modern healthcare settings, in which medicine is rightly based upon the... more
By following the sectional structure of this volume, these afterthoughts explore a multitude of venues for approaching aesthetics as a means to study the dynamics of religious narratives and their reception. They not only elaborate on the... more
English version of Hebrew article published in Roni Weinstein ed. Italiyah [Italy], Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem 2012: 143-150.
This paper explores an ecological approach to the perception of musical meaning. Ethnographically informed by a Yoreme understanding of seeing and hearing as interrelated perceptual activities, this paper critically evaluates the concept... more
¿Cuánto puede contribuir el estudio de las imágenes y representaciones, ya sea como arte, ritos o simulacros, a comprender relaciones de poder y de agencia? Ésta es la pregunta que replantea el conjunto de estudios etnográficos en... more
This case study examines the importance of rituals in understanding illegal behavior. Particular attention is given to the impact of stress-based symbolically ritualized events on individuals which may lead to mass homicide. For a more... more
The local festival dedicated to the Anniversary of the Vision of Agia (Saint) or Osia (venerable, blessed, saint) Pelagia is celebrated on the Greek island of Tinos and is dedicated to one of the most recent Orthodox saints, Agia Pelagia,... more
Published in Voss, A. & Wilson, S. (eds.) (2017) Re-enchanting the Academy. Auckland & Seattle: Rubedo Press.
上海所处的江南苏松地区,自宋代以来便与“正一教主”张天师所在的龙虎山保持着密切的联系与互动。明清以来,上海籍(松江)道士多于北京内廷供奉,为皇室举行斋醮道场。民国时期,六十二代天师在上海发起成立“道教总会”,六十三代天师又常住于此,上海因此有着一批“天师门生”的老道长。由此,上海正一派道教的科仪道法尽得龙虎山真传。但与全国其他地区一样,上海道教的科仪传统也面临着传承上的问题,随着许多老道长相继羽化,大量科仪后继无人。早在1983年,时任上海市道教协会会长的陈莲笙道长,便与上海... more
The TOC and Introduction to "Religion and Film"
Un misterioso rito, retaggio vivente di epoche remotissime, si rinnova ogni anno all’interno delle celebrazioni del carnevale di Castelnuovo a Volturno, in Molise. Un essere fantastico, Gl’ Cierv, furioso e selvatico Uomo Cervo, muore e... more
This paper explores the ritual function of horror movie villains from multiple perspectives within ritual studies, with particular emphasis on the functionalist branch and Roy Rappaports definition that ritual is the per- formance of... more
Once viewed as an embarrassing superstition, the theatrical religious performances of Korean shamans—who communicate with the dead, divine the future, and become possessed—are going mainstream. Attitudes toward Korean shamanism are... more
This extremely well-researched book deals with one of the most important topics of medieval Esoteric Buddhism in Japan: rainmaking rituals. In early and medieval Japan, the success or failure of such ceremonies could easily make or break... more
Söz konusu Hatay olunca yediden yetmiş yediye herkesin kentle ve kentin geçmişi ile ilgili size anlatacakları mutlaka vardır. Kentin bilinmeyen uzak geçmişinden yakın tarihine kadar uzanan anlatılar bunlar. Hem doktora tez çalışmam... more
Pre-publication page proofs of my Introduction to a special issue of Journal of Ritual Studies on "Ritual Creativity, Emotions, and the Body" co-edited with Anna Fedele.
Alevi inanç sisteminde dem, dolu gibi isimlerle adlandırılan ve Alevi cemlerinde önemli bir yere olan içki kültü üzerine oluşturulan ritüeller ve inanç pratikleri mevcuttur. Alevi inanç sistemindeki içki kültüne bazı yayınlarda... more
The color blue is thought to protect against the evil eye in Mediterranean cultures. This article unfolds the yet-unstudied role played by kabbalistic theology, symbolism, and myth in the construction of the color blue as a protective... more
Nineteenth-century philologist and Biblical critic William Robertson Smith famously concluded that the sacred status of holy places derives not from their intrinsic nature but from their social character. Building upon this insight, Mecca... more
This paper examines the Dyonisian and Orphic symbolic and ritual iconographical aspects of a Centuripe vase from Southern Italy from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Measuring 70.5 by 34.5 centimeters, the basic form of the vase is that... more
Powerful historical artefacts vitalize their potential agencies in specific historical moments and cause fractures in our perspectives. In this thesis, I argue that objects' power can be examined by looking at their supernatural,... more
First published in 1988, this volume redefined the anthropological study of menstrual customs. Examining cultures as diverse as long-house dwellers in North Borneo, African farmers, Welsh housewives, and postindustrial American workers,... more
Liber antiphonarium Ms. 8, Archivo Capitular de León Copistas: Totmundo y Arias. Procedente del Monasterio de San Cipriano de las Riberas del Porma. s. X, aunque varios folios añadidos del s. XI. Pergamino, 306 f., 330 x 240 mm.... more
A deep study of the magical aspects of ritual, both anthropological, social as wel a psychological. Various models about how rituals works, how the mind deals with magic, how rituals help to overcome time and space limitations, can help... more
While the Norwegian material has rarely been taken into consideration when discussing chamber graves from the Roman and Migration periods in a European context, there are indeed a great number of ‘oversized’ graves in Norway which should... more
The present paper deals with a minority of burials in Roman (B-C) and Migration period (D) Norway, namely the ones containing weapons. Its aim is two-folded: 1) to present an overview of this material to non-Norwegian colleagues, and 2)... more
Winner – 2021 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise. Reviewed in: Vetus Testamentum, 72, no. 2 (2022): 348–350. https://brill.com/view/journals/vt/72/2/article-p348_13.xml Review of Biblical Literature (05/2022):... more
Türk tarihi ve tasavvuf tarihi bakımından önemli bir yere sahip olan Halvetilik, Anadolu’da ilk defa Amasya’da ortaya çıkmıştır. Halvetilik, her zümreden insana hitap etmesiyle pek çok coğrafyada etkinliğini sürdürmüştür. Mevlevilik ya da... more
Argues parts of Exod 19; 20; 24 to comprise together a new ritual configuration that rallies Israelite nationhood around divine kingship, and circumvents and obviates human kingship.
In her book, "Indian Classical dance", Kapila Vatsyayan describes dance as the highest order of spiritual discipline, the enactment of which is symbolic of a ritual sacrifice of one's being to a transcendental order. The Natya-Shashtra, a... more
This handout describes theory and research, i.e., structural ritualization theory, which focuses on the role of ritual in social life.
Toespraak bij de presentatie van het boek "Absent Ritual"