Foundations in ritual studies : a reader for students of Christian worship - Bradshaw, Paul F.; Melloh, John Allyn (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, 2007)
An open letter / Romano Guardini -- Ritual / Mark Searle -- For our own purposes : the appropriation of the social sciences in liturgical studies / John D. Witvliet -- Purity and danger ; Natural symbols / Mary Douglas -- Liminality and communitas ; The forest of symbols / Victor Turner -- New directions in ritual research / Nathan D. Mitchell -- Modes of ritual sensibility ; Liturgical supinity, liturgical erectitude : on the embodiment of ritual authority / Ronald L. Grimes -- Ritual, change, and changing rituals ; The authority of ritual experts / Catherine Bell -- Liturgical theology : a task and a method / Margaret Mary Kelleher.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Public worship; Liturgics