The archaeology of religion is a much neglected area, yet religious sites and artefacts constitute a major area of archaeological evidence. Timothy Insoll presents an introductory statement on the ...archaeology of religion, examining what archaeology can tell us about religion, the problems of defining and theorizing religion in archaeology, and the methodology, or how to 'do', the archaeology of religion. This volume assesses religion and ritual through a range of examples from around the world and across time, including prehistoric religions, shamanism, African religions, death, landscape and even food. Insoll also discusses the history of research and varying theories in this field before looking to future research directions. This book will be a valuable guide for students and archaeologists, and initiate a major area of debate.
1. Introduction to the Theme 2. History of Research 3. Contemporary Approaches 4. The Case Studies 5. Prospects and Conclusion: Prospects, A Future Approach? Towards a Theory of Archaeology and Religion
Timothy Insoll is Lecturer in Archaeology at the School of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Manchester. His previous publications include The Archaeology of Islam (1999), Archaeology and World Religion (2001) and THe Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africal (2003)
O estudo realizado junto ao grupo Jongo de Pinheiral, na antiga Fazenda Pinheiros, no Vale do Paraíba (RJ), revelou que seus integrantes mantêm uma relação afetiva entre si e têm um histórico de ...lutas sociais marcado por gestualidades ligadas à dança. Com base nesses dados, apresento, neste artigo, uma análise do ritual praticado por jongueiros e umbandistas dedicado a "passagem para o outro plano" dos espíritos que habitam a fazenda. Para isso, mobilizo os estudos da antropóloga Marlene Cunha no campo dos gestos e postura no candomblé Angola. A análise permite a compreensão dos gestos preliminares, liminares e pós-liminares do ritual.
The present article proposes to reflect on the fieldwork and the relations between the religious and afro-maranhense fields from two texts about the Maranhão Mine Drum (tambor de mina do Maranhão). ...It is intended to understand how these two writings indicate a possibility of changes of positions, in so far as the anthropologist's text can be interpreted from the religious discourse, and the Mina priest's text from the anthropological position.
La religiosidad popular en México Dorantes, Ramiro Alfonso Gómez Arzapalo
Política y cultura (Mexico City, Mexico),
07/2019
52
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Encarando el inevitable problema de la complejidad de estos temas que se mueven entre la devoción individual, la manifestación social, el juego de símbolos reinterpretados desde distintas fronteras, ...la identidad colectiva y el milagro individual, la autora nos advierte que la religión es un constante ir y venir entre el adentro y afuera. La religiosidad popular es una apuesta de fe de marcado carácter temporal, las necesidades materiales no pueden resolverse desde la lejanía de las condiciones históricamente situadas del individuo y sus circunstancias; por ello, en numerosas ocasiones la razón no opera en estas expresiones, pues el milagro popular tiene lugar cuando la razón no es capaz de dar cuenta de la propia subsistencia, y sin embargo se subsiste; el milagro es la ocurrencia contra toda posibilidad de aquello que al ocurrir desgarra la lógica y los límites de la posibilidad; así, tiene que ver con el sentimiento, el sentido, las razones profundas del ser y permanecer, lo cual se cifra invariablemente desde una coordenada individual, focalizada y contextualizada particularmente. Gilberto Giménez y las ideas que vertiera en Cultura popular y religión en el Anáhuac/ donde encontramos la primera aproximación teórica en las ciencias sociales en México que intentaba explicar este fenómeno partiendo de un contexto ritual concreto y -sobre todo- buscando la lógica inherente al mismo, lo cual implica considerar los fenómenos religiosos populares desde la singularidad de su configuración cultural, social e histórica. Más que una sumisión a una voluntad eterna externa a esta realidad material, quienes nos dedicamos a estudiar estos fenómenos percibimos desde la observación etnográfica, una apuesta por la solución inmediata a las necesidades inmanentes donde la voluntad del ente sagrado trata de ser persuadida para que coincida con la voluntad del suplicante.
L’article se centre sur plusieurs des aspects relationnels et métapsychologiques particulièrement mobilisés lors des entretiens préliminaires avec les patients que l’auteur qualifie de ...« difficiles ». On montrera que la compréhension qu’on peut tirer d’enjeux économiques et narcissiques au coeur des problématiques psychiques représentées par ces patients permet de mieux établir l’indication du dispositif thérapeutique qui sera le plus approprié dans leurs cas, et facilite l’inscription de leur demande d’aide. Seront également évoqués les mérites, en termes de compréhension clinique, des rencontres évaluatives tenues en présence d’un groupe d’analystes.
Birth and death are both profound life transitions, revealing deeply existential, social, and spiritual questions in addition to various forms of ritual and ritualizing. While birth and death are ...often seen as opposites, this edited volume shows that the start and end of life share many ambiguities. They represent a beginning and an end, and lead to ritualizing as well as embodied forms of spirituality. Throughout the book, the authors discuss theoretical and empirical perspectives on rituals at birth and death from multidisciplinary perspectives, such as religious studies, anthropology, philosophy, and sociology. By doing so, they shed light on new forms of ritualizing, as well as on traditional rituals.
The detailed studies in this collection focus on different specific themes and parts of the world, but they converge in terms of a suite of themes that they address. These themes all have to do with ...the analysis of ritual change and the roles of ritual in creating or contributing to changes outside of, or integral to, the ritual context itself. The papers also have to do with conscious creation, or re-creation, of ritual forms in complex social circumstances. These conscious actions also often involve the re-appropriation of forms of ritual and their repurposing for political objectives. They also deal with how practitioners present change and interpret it in the light of their own agency and interests.
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