01496nam a22002297a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802800900007608200150016610000220018124500630020326000510026630000260031736500090034350505230035252002790087565000140115465000120116865000480118070000220122870000160125020200226151848.0200127b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780199735105  a:Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. b:E/261, Shastri Nagar Delhic:TB1913d:10/01/2020  a291.38 BEL  aBell, Catherine M  aRitual b: Perspectives and Dimensionsc/ Catherine M Bell  aNew York,  b: Oxford University Press, c1997  axv, 351 pagesc24cm.   b2316  a	Contents; ONE: Myth or Ritual: Questions of Origin and Essence; TWO: Ritual and Society: Questions of Social Function and Structure; THREE: Ritual Symbols, Syntax, and Praxis: Questions of Cultural Meaning and Interpretation; FOUR: Basic Genres of Ritual Action; FIVE: Characteristics of Ritual-like Activities; SIX: Ritual Density; SEVEN: Ritual Change; EIGHT: Ritual Reification; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.
Responsibility:	Catherine Bell.  aThis work offers a practical introduction to ritual and its study. It presents comprehensive overviews of the most influential theories of religion and ritual, the major categories of ritual activity, and develops its own distinctive position regarding the nature of ritual.  aReligion   aRitual.  aReligion - Christian Rituals & Practice --   aBell, Catherine M  aAslan, Reza