Infelicitous inter-ritual hospitality
This article focuses on inter-ritual hospitality, ‘where the reciprocal roles of host and guest set the parameters for interaction’ (60). This type of hospitality has the potential to enhance the dialogue between religions; indeed, one may ask whether there can be a greater token of mutual respect a...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2017]
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Culture and religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 324-342 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Interfaith dialogue
/ Hospitality
/ Ritual
/ Participation
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IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations |
Further subjects: | B
inter-rituality
B Ronald Grimes B Ritual failure B interreligious hospitality |
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Summary: | This article focuses on inter-ritual hospitality, ‘where the reciprocal roles of host and guest set the parameters for interaction’ (60). This type of hospitality has the potential to enhance the dialogue between religions; indeed, one may ask whether there can be a greater token of mutual respect and appreciation than that of inviting another to share one’s rituals. In this article, however, I am not interested primarily in the success stories of inter-ritual hospitality that have brought growth and enrichment for the parties involved; rather, I will focus my attention on its infelicitous counterparts. The failure of inter-ritual hospitality is a subject that has been explored very little in interreligious studies, and there is little (ethnographic) documentation on this subject. One could say that inter-ritual failure is virgin territory among interreligious scholars. I will begin to explore some of the issues at stake and examine where inter-ritual hospitality can go wrong. In doing so, I continue and expand the research done by ritual scholars who have focused their attention on infelicitous ritual performances conducted mainly in ‘monoreligious’ settings. |
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ISSN: | 1475-5610 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2017.1339100 |