This book explores the role of ritual in social life, human evolution, and religion. It explains the functions and purpose of varied rituals across the world by arguing they are mechanisms of 'resource management', providing a descriptive tool for understanding rituals and generating predictions about ritual survival.
This book explores the role of ritual in social life, human evolution, and religion. It explains the functions and purpose of varied rituals across the world by arguing they are mechanisms of 'resource management', providing a descriptive tool for understanding rituals and generating predictions about ritual survival.
Matt J. Rossano is Professor of Psychology at Southeastern Louisiana University and a well-known authority on the evolution of ritual and religion. He earned his doctorate in Psychology in 1991 from the University of California at Riverside. He is an evolutionary psychologist who has authored or co-authored dozens of scholarly papers, book chapters, commentaries, and reviews.
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Introduction Chapter 1: Psych of Ritual Chapter 2: Ritual Management Chapter 3: Work of Rituals Chapter 4: Arch of Ritual Chapter 5: Hunter-gatherer Rituals Chapter 6: Civilized Rituals Chapter 7: Lifecycle Rituals Chapter 8: Soviet Rituals Chapter 9: Rituals of Desperation