When rituals go wrong : mistakes, failure and the dynamics of ritual / / edited by Ute Hüsken.

The present volume is entirely dedicated to the investigation of the implications and effects of breaking ritual rules, of failed performances and of the extinction of ritual systems. While rituals are often seen as infallible mechanisms which ‘work’ irrespective of the individual motivations of the...

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Superior document:Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, v. 115
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Year of Publication:2007
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in the history of religions ; 115.
Physical Description:1 online resource (389 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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