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Book: Evil

Chapter: Ritual and Authority

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.32885

Blurb:

Provides an overview of Maurice Bloch’s understanding of rituals and ritualization; ethnographic examples will be drawn from Bloch’s work (Malgasy), evangelical witnessing (U.S.), Muslim daily prayers in Turkey, and the Spanish exhumations.

Chapter Contributors

  • Kenneth MacKendrick (mackendr@ms.umanitoba.ca - kmackendrick1) 'Department of Religion University of Manitoba'