Avyorth,
Am a bit pushed for time at the moment to go into lots of reasons, but I
would heartily recommend the book as it offers something different to
the excellent texts of Catherine Bell (whose texts are some of the best
starting points I think). The Rappaport book is not really introductory
in that sense, but does offer some basic features of ritual before
moving onto the role of ritual in human evolution and evolution of
religion (the book's main point). It is both a detailed and a very broad
and ambitious book. Defintely worth reading but it might not be the best
introduction to the topic. Hope that helps.
Dave
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Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Ritual and Religion in the Making of
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Is anyone familiar with this book:
Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity
(Cambridge Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology)
Roy A. Rappaport
Is it a useful introduction to ritual? Is it worth the read/cash? (Yes,
I appreciate that's a rather subjective question but perhaps you might
add the reasons for your conclusion?)
Thank you,
Avyorth
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