The Craft of Ritual Studies
Ronald L. Grimes, "The Craft of Ritual Studies "
English | ISBN: 0195301439 | 2013 | 432 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
English | ISBN: 0195301439 | 2013 | 432 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
In religious studies, theory and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized debate over scientific versus theological perspectives. Ronald L. Grimes shows that this debate has stagnated, due in part to a manner of theorizing too far removed from the study of actual religious practices. A worthwhile theory, according to Grimes, must be practice-oriented, and practices are most effectively studied by field research methods.
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