Ritual And Cult

Author : Gunnel Ekroth
Publisher : Presses universitaires de Liège
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9782821829008

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The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period by Gunnel Ekroth Pdf

This study questions the traditional view of sacrifices in hero-cults during the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods. The analysis of the epigraphical and literary evidence for sacrifices to heroes in these periods shows, contrary to the traditional notion, that the main ritual in hero-cults was a thysia at which the worshippers consumed the meat from the animal victim. A particular handling of the animal’s blood or a holocaust, rituals previously taken to be typical for heroes, can rarely be documented and must be considered as marginal features in hero-cults. The terms eschara, escharon, bothros, enagizein, enagisma, enagismos and enagisterion, believed to be characteristic for hero-cults, are seldom used in hero-contexts before the Roman period and occur mainly in the Byzantine lexicographers and in the scholia. Since the main kind of sacrifice in hero-cults was a thysia, a ritual intimately connected with the social structure of society, the heroes must have fulfilled the same role as the gods within the Greek religious system. The fact that the heroes were dead seems to have been of little significance for the sacrificial rituals and it is questionable whether the rituals of hero-cults are to be considered as originating in the cult of the dead.

Author : Caroline Malone,David Barrowclough
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 1043 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782974963

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Cult in Context by Caroline Malone,David Barrowclough Pdf

Gods, deities, symbolism, deposition, cosmology and intentionality are all features of the study of early ritual and cult. Archaeology has great difficulties in providing satisfactory interpretation or recognition of these elusive but important parts of ancient society, and methodologies are often poorly equipped to explore the evidence. This collection of papers explores a wide range of prehistoric and early historic archaeological contexts from Britain, Europe and beyond, where monuments, architectural structures, megaliths, art, caves, ritual activity and symbolic remains offer exciting glimpses into ancient belief systems and cult behaviour. Different theoretical and practical approaches are demonstrated, offering both new directions and considered conclusions to the many problems of studying the archaeology of cult and ritual. Central to the volume is an exploration of early Malta and its intriguing Temple Culture, set in a broad perspective by the discussion and theoretical approaches presented in different geographical and chronological contexts.

Author : James Randall Noblitt,Pamela Sue Perskin
Publisher : Praeger Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0275966658

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Cult and Ritual Abuse by James Randall Noblitt,Pamela Sue Perskin Pdf

A personal but also scholarly journey into the clandestine and confusing world of ritual abuse, this book provides unique insights into the catastrophic experiences of ritual abuse survivors and their efforts to find healing through psychological treatment. This revised edition provides contemporary revelations about cults in existence today and also new therapies developed since the first edition was published in 1995. Co-authored by a clinical psychologist and the executive director of a professional organization dedicated to treating survivors of cult and ritual abuse, this edition will be of interest to both academic and professional markets. The special legal dilemmas, survival problems and day-to-day life experiences of these survivors are examined in a scholarly but sensitive manner. The book presents the idea that ritual abuse is an age-old phenomenon found in many cultures throughout the world. That ritual abuse causes a variety of specific psychiatric symptoms is noted. Special attention is given to the diagnosis dissociative identity disorder that is frequently found among ritual abuse survivors. Suggestions are offered for effectively dealing with the various social and legal problems that result from this severe form of abuse. New diagnoses--cult and ritual trauma disorder--are proposed for this newly identified problem.

Author : Orrin Edgar Klapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258537877

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Ritual and Cult by Orrin Edgar Klapp Pdf

Author : Orrin Edgar Klapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Cults
ISBN : IND:39000005931899

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Ritual and Cult by Orrin Edgar Klapp Pdf

Author : Evangelos Kyriakidis
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781938770395

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The Archaeology of Ritual by Evangelos Kyriakidis Pdf

A wide spectrum of scholars, historians, art historians, anthropologists, students of performance, students of religion, archaeologists, cognitive scientists, and linguists were all asked to think and comment on how ritual can be traced in archaeology and which ways ritual research can go in that discipline. The product is a fairly accurate representation of research on ritual and the archaeology of ritual: scholars from various disciplines, backgrounds and agendas, arguing mostly in the most logical fashion, yet with little agreement between them. So this book should not be seen as presenting one unified attitude towards ritual and its study in archaeology. It should rather be seen as a reflection of what the discourse in the archaeology of ritual is today. The outcome has been extremely thought-provoking, often controversial, but always of extremely high quality.

Author : S. R. F. Price
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 052131268X

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Rituals and Power by S. R. F. Price Pdf

Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman Emperor was treated like a god.

Author : Daniel Leese
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139498111

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Mao Cult by Daniel Leese Pdf

Although many books have explored Mao's posthumous legacy, none has scrutinized the massive worship that was fostered around him during the Cultural Revolution. This book is the first to do so. By analyzing secret archival documents, Daniel Leese traces the history of the cult within the Communist Party and at the grassroots level. The party leadership's original intention was to develop a prominent brand symbol, which would compete with the nationalists' elevation of Chiang Kai-shek. However, they did not anticipate that Mao would use this symbolic power to mobilize Chinese youth to rebel against party bureaucracy itself. The result was anarchy and when the army was called in it relied on mandatory rituals of worship such as daily reading of the Little Red Book to restore order. Such fascinating detail sheds light not only on the personality cult of Mao, but also on hero-worship in other traditions.

Author : Duncan Fishwick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351219648

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Cult, Ritual, Divinity and Belief in the Roman World by Duncan Fishwick Pdf

The papers assembled in this selection of studies range in subject matter from early Judaic magic to an inscribed monument of the Neo-Classical period. The principal emphasis of the collection is nevertheless on religious developments under the High Roman Empire: problems arising from the interpretation of oriental cults imported from the Hellenistic East but primarily the development of imperial cult, the one universal religion of the empire before the coming of Christianity. The essays divide into five categories: Divinity and Power; The Imperial Numen; The Imperial Cult: Review and Discussion; Rituals and Ceremonies; Ainigmata. The titles of the individual articles speak for themselves but readers may also find the preface of interest in so far as it sets out the author's ideas on the controversial nature of the emperor's divinity. While this is a topic deserving of a book in its own right, the preface together with the points raised by individual studies within the overall framework may go some way to repairing this defficiency.

Author : Risto Uro,Juliette Day,Rikard Roitto,Richard E. DeMaris
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198747871

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The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual by Risto Uro,Juliette Day,Rikard Roitto,Richard E. DeMaris Pdf

Scholars of religion have long assumed that ritual and belief constitute the fundamental building blocks of religious traditions and that these two components of religion are interrelated and interdependent in significant ways. Generations of New Testament and Early Christian scholars have produced detailed analyses of the belief systems of nascent Christian communities, including their ideological and political dimensions, but have by and large ignored ritual as an important element of early Christian religion and as a factor contributing to the rise and the organization of the movement. In recent years, however, scholars of early Christianity have begun to use ritual as an analytical tool for describing and explaining Christian origins and the early history of the movement. Such a development has created a momentum toward producing a more comprehensive volume on the ritual world of Early Christianity employing advances made in the field of ritual studies. The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual gives a manifold account of the ritual world of early Christianity from the beginning of the movement up to the end of the fifth century. The volume introduces relevant theories and approaches; central topics of ritual life in the cultural world of early Christianity; and important Christian ritual themes and practices in emerging Christian groups and factions.

Author : Dennis Pardee
Publisher : Brill Academic Publishers
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : UVA:X004636271

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Ritual and Cult at Ugarit by Dennis Pardee Pdf

The Ugaritic ritual texts, which date to ca. 1200 B.C.E, provide the only extensive body of pre-biblical data on cultic practice in Syria-Palestine. This volume, aimed at biblical scholars and historians of religion, contains the original texts a general introduction, an English translation, and interpretative notes for each text. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

Author : Kenneth Dean
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400863402

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Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China by Kenneth Dean Pdf

Most commentators imagine contemporary China to be monolithic, atheistic, and materialist, and wholly divorced from its earlier customs, but Kenneth Dean combines evidence from historical texts and extensive fieldwork to reveal an entirely different picture. Since 1979, when the Chinese government relaxed some of its most stringent controls on religion, villagers in the isolated areas of Southeast China have maintained an "underground" effort to restore traditional rituals and local cults. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Marc J. H. Linssen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004124020

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The Cults of Uruk and Babylon by Marc J. H. Linssen Pdf

This publication provides new information about the temple ritual texts from ancient Mesopotamia, in particular from the cities Uruk and Babylon, and shows how important the public cults were in Hellenistic times, at least until the first century B.C.

Author : James Randall Noblitt,Pamela Perskin Noblitt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781440831492

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Cult and Ritual Abuse by James Randall Noblitt,Pamela Perskin Noblitt Pdf

This personal yet scholarly journey into the confusing and clandestine world of ritual abuse survivors sheds light on their catastrophic experiences and their efforts to heal afterward. Revised, updated, and expanded, this third edition of a classic study is one of the most authoritative and evenhanded volumes to tackle its hotly debated subject matter. Incorporating the authors' firsthand observations, the book provides historical, anthropological, and psychological context for contemporary reports of both ritual abuse and ritual crime. In addition to sharing patient vignettes and a history of cult and ritual abuse in society, the authors explore fascinating topics related to these practices, among them what triggers personality shifts for victims even many years after the abuse has stopped. Importantly, the book shows how ritual abuse affects society as a whole, influencing civil and criminal law, politics, legislation, social movements, social welfare, and psychological theory. It provides unique insights into the scientific study, forensic investigation, and implementation of social services for survivors of cult and ritual abuse, discusses new research and treatment strategies, and establishes the foundation for a psychological diagnosis to be called Cult and Ritual Trauma Disorder.

Author : Brian Hayden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108426398

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The Power of Ritual in Prehistory by Brian Hayden Pdf

Secret societies in tribal societies turn out to be key to understanding the origins of social inequalities and state religions.