{"product_id":"the-hidden-powers-of-ritual-isbn-9780262546584","title":"The Hidden Powers of Ritual","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn illuminating overview of the development, benefits, and importance of ritual in everyday life, written by a leading cognitive anthropologist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Powers of Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging introduction to ritual studies that presents ritual as an evolved form of human behavior of almost unimaginable significance to our species. Every day across the globe, people gather to share meals, brew caffeinated beverages, or honor their ancestors. In this book, Bradd Shore, a respected anthropologist, reaches beyond familiar “big-R” rituals to present life’s humbler, overshadowed moments, exploring everything from the Balinese \u003ci\u003epelebon \u003c\/i\u003eto baseball to family Zoom sessions in the age of Covid to the sobering reenactment rituals surrounding the Moore’s Ford lynchings. In each ritual, Shore shows how our capacity to ritualize behavior is a remarkable part of the human story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEncompassing both the commonly unlabeled “interaction rituals” studied by sociologists and the symbolically elaborated sacred rituals of religious studies, Shore organizes his conception around detailed case studies drawn from international research and personal experience, weaving scholarship with a memoir of a life encompassed by ritual. A probing exploration that matches breadth with accessibility, \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Powers of Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative contribution to ritual theory that will appeal to a wide range of readers curious about why these unique repetitive acts matter in our lives.Preface vii\u003cbr\u003e1 Discovering the Power of Ritual 1\u003cbr\u003e2 Rethinking Behavior 11\u003cbr\u003e3 The Balinese \u003ci\u003ePelebon\u003c\/i\u003e: The Ritual Dissolution of a Body 37\u003cbr\u003e4 Do Nonhuman Animals Have Rituals? 63\u003cbr\u003e5 Ritual Combat: Gift Exchange as Revenge 95\u003cbr\u003e6 Ten Powers of Ritual 119\u003cbr\u003e7 Nostalgic Commemoration: Salem Camp Meeting 159\u003cbr\u003e8 Unforgettable: The Moore's Ford Lynching Reenactment 181\u003cbr\u003e9 Ritual Baseball 203\u003cbr\u003e10 Family Zoom: Virtual Rituals in the Age of the Internet 217\u003cbr\u003e11 Does a Ritual Always Have a Meaning? 225\u003cbr\u003e12 Harnessing the Powers of Ritual 275\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 301\u003cbr\u003eNotes 305\u003cbr\u003eReferences 311\u003cbr\u003eSuggested Resources in Ritual Studies 321\u003cbr\u003eIndex 329“Bradd Shore’s highly readable book provides a mine of insights into the nature of ritual gleaned from a lifetime of close observation, participation, and dialogue in a wide variety of cultural settings, from Balinese cremations to the speeches delivered in Western Samoan plazas and from university classrooms to protestant camp meetings.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Harvey Whitehouse, Fellow, Magdalen College, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Bradd Shore’s \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Powers of Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e strikes a fine balance between theorizing about ritual and describing its practice in classrooms and homes or on social media. Shore’s writing is engaging and personal. He has a perspective on myth and ritual that few other American scholars have.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ronald L. Grimes, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Craft of Ritual Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Bradd Shore’s \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Powers of Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e is an enjoyable read in which the author weaves anthropological theory and observed practices seamlessly. It has an easy flow and is rich with the author’s own direct experiences with public and private rituals from Bali to the State of Georgia.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Charles D. Laughlin, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Carleton University, Canada\u003c\/b\u003eBradd Shore is Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Emory University. A psychological anthropologist specializing in ritual studies, culture, and cognition, he is the author of over seventy papers and six books. He also served as Director of Emory’s Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life for ten years. He was awarded the Society for Psychological Anthropology’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 after having served as its president.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305022279909,"sku":"NP9780262546584","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262546584.jpg?v=1767739780","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-hidden-powers-of-ritual-isbn-9780262546584","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}