https://hcommons.org/groups/ritual-studies/ Activity feed for the group, Ritual Studies. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:04:46 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 9b5672dc57201ac771d31bbbed54da77 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1869562/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 03:00:20 -0500 Correspondences can be identified between (on the one hand) androcentric cosmogonies, ancestral misogyny and tribal blood rituals, and (on the other) the classical paradigm of vampirism, especially in its literary and on-screen flowering. Specifically, the initiatory culture-hero and the archetypal vampire both confer a haematologically-mediated…[Read more]

]]> 0 4011e3c439a8c2610cdde15c52fd7a0a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1846984/ Wed, 24 May 2023 02:23:41 -0400 This article argues for a critical evaluation of Gerard Lukken’s concept of inculturation, which he tried to adapt to culturation, but still returned to inculturation asdominant concept. Further it will be argued that Lukkens' model is obsolete and sould therefore be adapted into a new concept: the Lukken-Hoondert model.

]]> 0 054069068db795c195843774f4791c9a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1846902/ Tue, 23 May 2023 02:26:14 -0400 This article examines the Greek goddess Hygieia by looking at her identity, cult status in the ancient world and subsequent scholarly reception. Should she be viewed as a goddess or a personification? By studying Hygieia primarily as a concept of health within ancient medicine, as well as a personification and a goddess, it will be argued that…[Read more]

]]> 0 fc1eb008fb8bac484509baabdb8f5e92 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1846892/ Tue, 23 May 2023 02:25:03 -0400 The present paper aims to investigate the role of anthropology in the development of Ritual Studies as an inter-disciplinary platform, with a focus on ritual dynamics by using a historiographic description, focusing on thetransition of Greco-Roman to Christian culture. This study attempts to shed light not only on the contributionof anthropology…[Read more]

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