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The nature and function of rituals : fire from heaven

Author: Ruth-Inge Heinze
Publisher: Westport, CT : Bergin & Garvey, 2000.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Nature and function of rituals.
Westport, CT : Bergin & Garvey, 2000
(OCoLC)607415288
Online version:
Nature and function of rituals.
Westport, CT : Bergin & Garvey, 2000
(OCoLC)632079192
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ruth-Inge Heinze
ISBN: 0897896637 9780897896634
OCLC Number: 41404786
Description: xvii, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The nature and function of rituals: comparing a Singapore Chinese with a Thai ritual / Ruth-Inge Heinze --
Ritualism and contactism: popularity of a Hindu ritual / Anoop Chandola --
The ritualization of conflict within post-primitive societies / Vladimir I. Ionesov --
Ritual practice in a Sinhalese village: coping with uncertainty / Victoria J. Baker --
Sinhalese puberty rites for girls / Deema de Silva --
The Philippine good Friday / Enya P. Flores-Meiser --
The Tupilaq: ritual carvings of the Dorset Inuit in the eastern Arctic and Greenland / David Kahn --
The function of rituals among the Buddhists in Mustang district, Nepal / Tomo Vinšćak --
Balancing modernity and tradition: Ngada rituals as a space of action / Susanne Schröter --
Fire from heaven: the combustible context of the Easter ritual at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher / Patrick D. Gaffney --
The ritual core of shamanism: observations on an international gathering of shamans / William S. Lyon --
Altered states of consciousness and shamanic healing rituals / Stanley Krippner --
Rituals as prevention: the case of post-partum depression Laurence Kruckman --
The rainbow horse dance / Paula Engelhorn --
The new song ceremonial sun dance / Sarah Dubin-Vaughn --
Earth song / Cedar Barstow --
Trance, posture, and ritual: access to the alternate reality / Felicitas D. Goodman.
Responsibility: edited by Ruth-Inge Heinze.

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