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

Published: 2009-12-01

Introduction from the Editors

• Editorial Introduction

  iii–x

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• Acknowledgements

  ix

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Articles

• Brazilian Spirit Possession and Theory of Ritual

  Steven Engler

  1–28

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• Studying Contemporary Festivity Some Reflections on Theory and Method

  Barry Stephenson

  29–48

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

  Sarah F. Haynes

  49–77

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• Journeys in Grief Theorizing Mourning Rituals

  Mark S. M. Scott

  79–89

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

  Scott Halse

  91–118

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• An Examination of Virtual Rituals Found in Online Gaming Communities

  Michael Caligiuri

  119–148

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

  Nick Scott

  149–167

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• The Birth of Modem Anatomy Anti-Ritual Rhetoric

  Emma M. Brodeur

  169–182

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

  Matthieu Sabourin

  183–195

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

  Joseph Blankholm

  197–211

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

  Christina Reimer

  213–222

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• ´Śatābhiṣekatm: Ritual Remarriage in South India

  Marissa Figlarz

  223–235

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

  Nigel Kumar

  237–246

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