Bringing together historical and cultural perspectives on the senses, and their association with body, emotion, cultural memory and tradition, this book examines the significance of senses in the understanding of the world and the self. Further, in comparing Indian and western t…
Enhver sejr blev i romerriget efterfulgt af et stort triumftog til Jupitertemplet på Capitolhøjen. Forfatteren gennemgår disse ceremonier og ser på både storheden og de mørkere sider af triumfen
Enhver sejr blev i romerriget efterfulgt af et stort triumftog til Jupitertemplet på Capitolhøjen. Forfatteren gennemgår disse ceremonier og ser på både storheden og de mørkere sider af triumfen
Ritual happens in distinct places - in temples, in caves, along pilgrimage routes - and religious activities there incorporate diverse set of objects such as holy water, cult statues, and sacred texts. Understanding religious ritual requires viewing it not as a disembodied event…
This collection of essays emerged from a two-year project based on collaboration between the Faculty of Religious Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands and the Ritual Dynamics Collaborative Research Center at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. An interd…
Theorizing rituals
by Kreinath, Jens, Stausberg, Michael, Snoek, Joannes Augustinus Maria
His book asks how individuals took part in the Panathenaia, the most important festival in ancient Athens, and how doing so created identities for them. Everyone did not take part in the same way and the opportunities also changed over time. This differential participation artic…
