strategy
Ritualizing
Synonyms:
Using ritualsUsing ritual
Description:
Prescribing forms or manners; ceremonializing. Claim:
Ritual preserves culture and knowledge in a practical, behavioural form. Counter Claim:
Ritual destroys the spontaneity and sincerity of actions and relationships; further, rituals pre-empt consideration of actions, relationships and sentiments in their contemporary authenticity. Narrower:
Faith healingValidating ritualsSacrificing animalsDismembering rituallyUsing satanic ritualsCommitting ritual murderForming secret societiesUsing geo-social ritualsProviding ritual symbolsRedesigning ritual formsReducing ritual pollutionReviving cultural ritualsChallenging people to fightPracticing ritual proceduresStructuring courting customsPurifying for ritual purposesEvolving new rituals for humanityRitualizing covenantal relationshipsReminding of importance of common ritesRitualizing community self understandingProtecting established community ritualsCreating community ritualsRitualizing common life Constrained by:
Rejecting rituals Facilitates:
Spiritualizing beliefs Problems:
Satanic ritualsSubjects:
Religious Practice → RitualsType Classification:
B: Basic universal strategies