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Religion Belief and WorldviewsPhilosophy & Ethics

Religious Ritual and the Formation of Collective Identity

The proposed book takes religious ritual and identity and belonging as one coherent problem rather than two disconnected topics. The planned chapters distinguish mechanisms from metaphors, empirical findings from predictions, and strong evidence from plausible conjecture. The emphasis is on religious ritual viewed through identity and belonging, with comparative evidence, historical context, critical interpretation, and carefully bounded forecasts. How do methods of measurement shape the conclusions that readers draw?

PublisherLighthouse Books, Delaware, USA
Universal Book ID27601
SubjectReligious Ritual
DisciplinePhilosophy & Ethics
Publication TypeMonograph
LanguageEnglish
CategoryInterdisciplinary cultural and policy study
TagsReligious Ritual

Table of Contents

Introduction — Religious Ritual and the Formation of Collective Identity
1. The Problem and Its Vocabulary in Religious Ritual
2. Evidence, Sources, and Their Limits for Identity and Belonging
3. Historical and Conceptual Foundations of Religious Ritual
4. Methods for Comparative Inquiry in Religion Belief and Worldviews
5. Synthesis and Further Questions: Religious Ritual
6. Institutions, Practices, and Context: Identity and Belonging
7. Disagreements in the Literature: Religion Belief and Worldviews
8. Open Problems and Emerging Directions: Religious Ritual
9. Why Definitions Matter: Identity and Belonging
10. Mechanisms and Explanatory Models: Religion Belief and Worldviews
11. Interpretation Across Scales: Religious Ritual
12. Testing Rival Accounts: Identity and Belonging
Conclusion — What the Evidence Allows
References and Further Reading
Index

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