Teaching Ritual
Published on 7. June 2007
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-19-517645-2 (ISBN)
Description
There is a great deal of interest in bringing better appreciation of ritual into religious classes, but many teachers are uncertain how to go about doing this. This is the first resource to address the issues specific to teaching this subject. A stellar cast of contributors addresses a wide range of topics in teaching ritual studies, from how to add to a general religion course and how to use field trips to handling the challenges to faith that can emerge when focusing on ritual. This volume will notonly benefit individual instructors but help establish ritual as an essential component in the study of religion.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-517645-2 (9780195176452)
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Catherine Bell
Teaching Ritual
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05/2007
Oxford University Press Inc
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Person
Catherine Bell, Bernard J. Hanley Professor of Religious Studies, Santa Clara University
Content
Preface
Contributors' Biographies
Introduction, Catherine Bell, editor
Part I. Teaching the Experience through Encounter and Reflection
1. "Living A Double Consciousness", R. Schechner
2. "Still Liminal After All These Years: Teaching Ordeals and Peregrinations", A. Grodzins Gold
3. "Dancing Ritual, Ritual Dancing: Experiential Teaching", S. Gill
4. "The Fieldtrip and Its Role in Teaching Ritual", D. Pinault
5. "Experience, Purpose, Pedagogy and Theory: Ritual Activities in the Classroom", M. Wallace
6. "Ritualizing Zen and the Art of Writing", R. Grimes
Part II. Teaching the Questions through Issues and Theories
7. "Teaching Ritual Propriety and Authority through Japanese Religions", J. Nelson
8. "The Camp-Meeting and the Paradoxes of Evangelical Protestant Ritual", A. Taves
9. "Ritual from Five Angles: A Tool for Teaching", A. Strathern and P. Stewart
10. "Teaching Rites Ritually", M. McGann
11. "Teaching the Cognitive Approach", T. Vial
12. "Religion as Ritual", C. Bell
Part III. Teaching the Medium through Contrast and Engagement
13. "Teaching Healing Rituals/Ritual Healing", S. Sered and L. Barnes
14. "Reflections on Ritual in Noh and Kyôgen", R. Gardner
15. "Ritual Performance and Ritual Practice: Teaching the Multiple Forms and Dimensions of Ritual", L. Ekstrom and R. Hecht
16. "Eventfulness of Space: Teaching about Sacred Architecture IS Teaching about Ritual", L. Jones
17. "Ritual and the Writing Class", C. Lehrich
Bibliography
Index
Contributors' Biographies
Introduction, Catherine Bell, editor
Part I. Teaching the Experience through Encounter and Reflection
1. "Living A Double Consciousness", R. Schechner
2. "Still Liminal After All These Years: Teaching Ordeals and Peregrinations", A. Grodzins Gold
3. "Dancing Ritual, Ritual Dancing: Experiential Teaching", S. Gill
4. "The Fieldtrip and Its Role in Teaching Ritual", D. Pinault
5. "Experience, Purpose, Pedagogy and Theory: Ritual Activities in the Classroom", M. Wallace
6. "Ritualizing Zen and the Art of Writing", R. Grimes
Part II. Teaching the Questions through Issues and Theories
7. "Teaching Ritual Propriety and Authority through Japanese Religions", J. Nelson
8. "The Camp-Meeting and the Paradoxes of Evangelical Protestant Ritual", A. Taves
9. "Ritual from Five Angles: A Tool for Teaching", A. Strathern and P. Stewart
10. "Teaching Rites Ritually", M. McGann
11. "Teaching the Cognitive Approach", T. Vial
12. "Religion as Ritual", C. Bell
Part III. Teaching the Medium through Contrast and Engagement
13. "Teaching Healing Rituals/Ritual Healing", S. Sered and L. Barnes
14. "Reflections on Ritual in Noh and Kyôgen", R. Gardner
15. "Ritual Performance and Ritual Practice: Teaching the Multiple Forms and Dimensions of Ritual", L. Ekstrom and R. Hecht
16. "Eventfulness of Space: Teaching about Sacred Architecture IS Teaching about Ritual", L. Jones
17. "Ritual and the Writing Class", C. Lehrich
Bibliography
Index