Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

Studying Religion, Making It Sociological 25 of congregations and religious movements, while in-depth interviews, speeches, pub- ...

26 Robert Wuthnow MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT NORMATIVE CONCERNS Besides theoretical and methodological questions, concerns about no ...

Studying Religion, Making It Sociological 27 stories of founding figures provide cohesion to a nation: If nothing else, people w ...

28 Robert Wuthnow appropriate set of research skills. To evaluate such work also requires a similar focusing of time and energy. ...

Studying Religion, Making It Sociological 29 and appear likely to develop further in the foreseeable future. These opportunities ...

30 Robert Wuthnow about sociological theory, methods, and normative concerns. Sociology, just as reli- gion, adapts to its surro ...

CHAPTER THREE The Ritual Roots of Society and Culture Robert N. Bellah There is probably no better place to begin a discussion o ...

32 Robert N. Bellah his influence has not moved far beyond him by placing ritual at the core of any kind of social interaction w ...

The Ritual Roots of Society and Culture 33 Deacon (ibid.: 402–3) makes the case for the parallel between teaching symbolic commu ...

34 Robert N. Bellah or an originally combative opponent may be persuaded to offer signs of submission. Such ritual behaviors hel ...

The Ritual Roots of Society and Culture 35 symbolism “may not have been very much like speech.” There is reason to believe that ...

36 Robert N. Bellah behavioral reservoir from which human cultures could appropriate appealing and compelling components for com ...

The Ritual Roots of Society and Culture 37 in the sense of sound as referential meaning at one end, and music in the sense of so ...

38 Robert N. Bellah From his very condensed original definition of ritual Rappaport draws implications which he spends the rest ...

The Ritual Roots of Society and Culture 39 to this constraint or obligation is not felt as painful, but on the contrary as highl ...

40 Robert N. Bellah carried what Rappaport calls high-order meaning have been privatized so that they act, not for society as a ...

The Ritual Roots of Society and Culture 41 “rituals of dinner,” because eating together is just the sort of occasion that makes ...

42 Robert N. Bellah sense, was not something I would spontaneously have imagined. McNeill does a great deal to clarify this othe ...

The Ritual Roots of Society and Culture 43 Prayer.) How selfless this unisonance feels! If we are aware that others are singing ...

44 Robert N. Bellah progress toward reaching anything like a consensus. Reflecting the somewhat skeptical mood that is not uncom ...