TY - BOOK AU - Bell,Catherine M. TI - Ritual: perspectives and dimensions SN - 0195110528 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - BL600 .B47 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Ritual KW - Religion N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-341) and index; Theories: The History of Interpretation --; Myth or Ritual: Questions of Origin and Essence --; Early Theories and Theorists --; The Myth and Ritual Schools --; The Phenomenology of Religions --; Psychoanalytic Approaches to Ritual --; Profile: Interpreting the Akitu Festival -- N2 - Catherine Bell provides a practical introduction to ritual and its study with comprehensive overviews of the most influential theories of religion and ritual. The book examines the major categories of ritual activity UR - https://archive.org/details/ritualperspectiv0000bell_h3n0 UR - https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7388054M/Ritual ER -