Vol. 37 (2009): Arc: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies

Publié-e: 2009-12-01

Introduction from the Editors

• Editorial Introduction

  iii–x

  • pdf (English)

• Acknowledgements

  ix

  • pdf (English)

Articles

• Brazilian Spirit Possession and Theory of Ritual

  Steven Engler

  1–28

  • pdf (English)

• Studying Contemporary Festivity Some Reflections on Theory and Method

  Barry Stephenson

  29–48

  • pdf (English)

• With the Help of Sarasvath The Challenges of Translating and Interpreting Tibetan Buddhist Ritual Texts

  Sarah F. Haynes

  49–77

  • pdf (English)

• Journeys in Grief Theorizing Mourning Rituals

  Mark S. M. Scott

  79–89

  • pdf (English)

• Ethology, Neurology, and Emergence Reductionism in Biological Perspectives on Religious Ritual

  Scott Halse

  91–118

  • pdf (English)

• An Examination of Virtual Rituals Found in Online Gaming Communities

  Michael Caligiuri

  119–148

  • pdf (English)

• At the Intersection of Religious Ritual and Automobility Pastoral Care of the Road

  Nick Scott

  149–167

  • pdf (English)

• The Birth of Modem Anatomy Anti-Ritual Rhetoric

  Emma M. Brodeur

  169–182

  • pdf (English)

• Rituals and the Everyday Performing Food and Sex in Contemporary Visual Arts

  Matthieu Sabourin

  183–195

  • pdf (English)

• No Part of the World How Jehovah’s Witnesses Perform the Boundaries of their Community

  Joseph Blankholm

  197–211

  • pdf (English)

• The Taboo of Virginity Purity Balls as Negative Rite of Passage

  Christina Reimer

  213–222

  • pdf (English)

• ´Śatābhiṣekatm: Ritual Remarriage in South India

  Marissa Figlarz

  223–235

  • pdf (English)

• Ritual is Not Religion Exploring Balagangadharas Proposal for Understanding the “East”

  Nigel Kumar

  237–246

  • pdf (English)