When rituals go wrong : mistakes, failure and the dynamics of ritual /
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Imprint: | Leiden : Brill ; Biggleswade : Extenza Turpin [distributor], 2007. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 377 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; v. 115 Studies in the history of religions ; 115. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11218316 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Introduction (Edward L. Schieffelin); Mistakes, Procedural Errors and Incorrect Performances; Types of Ritual Failure and Mistakes in Ritual in Cuneiform Sources (Claus Ambos); Failure and Mistakes in Rituals of the European Santo Daime Church: Experiences and Subjective Theories of the Participants (Jan Weinhold); Failure Impossible? Handling of Rules, Mistakes and Failure in Public Rituals of Modern Western Societies (Burckhard Dücker); Dealing with Deviations in the Performance of Masonic Rituals (Jan A.M. Snoek); Perfection and Mishaps in Vedic Rituals (Axel Michaels).