RT Book
T1 Elements of ritual and violence
T2 Elements in religion and violence
T2 Cambridge elements
A1 Kitts, Margo 1952-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1066769737
AB Ritualized violence is by definition not haphazard or random, but seemingly intentional and often ceremonial. It has a long history in religious practice, as attested in texts and artifacts from the earliest civilizations. It is equally evident in the behaviors of some contemporary religious activists and within initiatory practices ongoing in many regions of the world. Given its longevity and cultural expanse, ritualized violence presumably exerts a pull deeply into the sociology, psychology, anthropology, theology, perhaps even ontology of its practitioners, but this is not transparent.  This short volume will sketch the subject of ritualized violence, that is, it will summarize some established theories about ritual and about violence, and will ponder a handful of striking instantiations of their link
OP 113
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Sep 2018)
CN BL65.V55
SN 978-1-108-69223-6
K1 Violence : Religious aspects
K1 Ritual
K1 Violence ; Religious aspects
DO 10.1017/9781108692236