Some Ideas about the Persistence of Rituals
In this essay, one particular function of rituals is explored: that of ritual as markers. It is the social importance function as marker that often lends rituals a religious nature, and consequently the religious aspects do not disappear entirely in the course of the process of secularisation, but r...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2008]
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Implicit religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-49 |
Further subjects: | B
Social Sciences
B Secularization (Theology) B Philosophy of nature B Ritual B RELIGION & science B Ritualism B Nature; Religious aspects |
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