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    Condition: New. Editor(s): Sax, William S.; Quack, Johannes; Weinhold, Jan. Series: Oxford Ritual Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCF; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302. . 2010. Paperback. . . . .

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    Paperback. Condition: New. Rituals transform citizens into presidents and princesses into queens. They transform sick persons into healthy ones, and public space into prohibited sanctuary. Shamanic rituals heal, legal rituals bind, political rituals ratify, and religious rituals sanctify. But how exactly do they accomplish these things? How do rituals work? This is the question of ritual efficacy, and although it is one of the very first questions that people everywhere ask of rituals, surprisingly little has been written on the topic. In fact, this collection of 10 contributed essays is the first to explicitly address the question of ritual efficacy. The authors do not aspire to answer the question 'how do rituals work?' in a simplistic fashion, but rather to show how complex the question is. While some contributors do indeed advance a particular theory of ritual efficacy, others ask whether the question makes any sense at all, and most show how complex it is by referring to the sociocultural environment in which it is posed, since the answer depends on who is asking the question, and what criteria they use to evaluate the efficacy of ritual. In his introduction, William Sax emphasizes that the very notion of ritual efficacy is a suspicious one because, according to a widespread 'modern' and 'scientific' viewpoint, rituals are merely expressive, and therefore cannot be efficacious. Rituals are thought of as superficial, 'merely symbolic,' and certainly not effective. Nevertheless many people insist that rituals 'work,' and the various positions taken on the question tell us a great deal about the social and historical background of the people involved. One essay, for example, illuminates a dispute between 'materialist' and 'enlightenment' Catholics in Ecuador, with the former affirming the notion of ritual efficacy and the latter doubting it. In other essays, contributors address instances in which orthodox religious figures (mullahs, church authorities, and even scientific positivists) discount the efficacy of rituals. In several of the essays, 'modern' people are suspicious of rituals and tend to deny their efficacy, confirming the theme highlighted in Sax's introduction.

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    Condition: New. Editor(s): Sax, William S.; Quack, Johannes; Weinhold, Jan. Series: Oxford Ritual Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCF; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302. . 2010. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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    Condition: New. Editor(s): Sax, William S.; Quack, Johannes; Weinhold, Jan. Series: Oxford Ritual Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCF; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416. . 2010. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . .

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    Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. English language edition. Issued in a slip case. 2 volumes (614 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 31 cm. Summary:"[Forms of Wonderment: the History and Collections of the Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal] describes how the Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal (near Nijmegen in the Netherlands) has developed over the years. It provides the first-ever overview of the museum's rich collections. In the half-century since the museum was founded, there has been a profound shift in Western attitudes to African and other world cultures. This is also true of the artefacts and works of art produced by these cultures. The title refers not only to the objects that are the main subject of this book, but also to t he various forms of wonderment of which they are both the cause and the effect. Many of the African forms shown here reflect man's wonderment at the circumstances and mysteries of his existence, and focus our attention on crucial moments and relationships in human life. Ever since the early twentieth century, these same forms have been a source of wonderment to artists, missionaries, art historians, anthropologists and art-lovers in the West--wonderment which often merges into admiration. The purpose of [these books] is to increase that admiration by familiarising readers with the artists' idioms and explaining the purposes and meanings of the objects they made." --back cover(s).

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    Condition: New. Editor(s): Sax, William S.; Quack, Johannes; Weinhold, Jan. Series: Oxford Ritual Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCF; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416. . 2010. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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    Hardback. Condition: New. Rituals transform citizens into presidents and princesses into queens. They transform sick persons into healthy ones, and public space into prohibited sanctuary. Shamanic rituals heal, legal rituals bind, political rituals ratify, and religious rituals sanctify. But how exactly do they accomplish these things? How do rituals work? This is the question of ritual efficacy, and although it is one of the very first questions that people everywhere ask of rituals, surprisingly little has been written on the topic. In fact, this collection of 10 contributed essays is the first to explicitly address the question of ritual efficacy. The authors do not aspire to answer the question 'how do rituals work?' in a simplistic fashion, but rather to show how complex the question is. While some contributors do indeed advance a particular theory of ritual efficacy, others ask whether the question makes any sense at all, and most show how complex it is by referring to the sociocultural environment in which it is posed, since the answer depends on who is asking the question, and what criteria they use to evaluate the efficacy of ritual. In his introduction, William Sax emphasizes that the very notion of ritual efficacy is a suspicious one because, according to a widespread 'modern' and 'scientific' viewpoint, rituals are merely expressive, and therefore cannot be efficacious. Rituals are thought of as superficial, 'merely symbolic,' and certainly not effective. Nevertheless many people insist that rituals 'work,' and the various positions taken on the question tell us a great deal about the social and historical background of the people involved. One essay, for example, illuminates a dispute between 'materialist' and 'enlightenment' Catholics in Ecuador, with the former affirming the notion of ritual efficacy and the latter doubting it. In other essays, contributors address instances in which orthodox religious figures (mullahs, church authorities, and even scientific positivists) discount the efficacy of rituals. In several of the essays, 'modern' people are suspicious of rituals and tend to deny their efficacy, confirming the theme highlighted in Sax's introduction.

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    Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Die Arbeit mit Systemaufstellungen, also der räumlichen Abbildung von Beziehungen durch Stellvertreter, wurde immer wieder kontrovers diskutiert - aber bisher relativ wenig erforscht. An der Universität Heidelberg wurde ihre Wirksamkeit nun erstmals in einer randomisiert-kontrollierten Studie überprüft.Das Buch stellt den Aufbau und die Ergebnisse der Heidelberger Studie vor, bei der über 200 Teilnehmer von acht Aufstellungsseminaren befragt wurden. Nach einer Einführung in die Aufstellungsmethode und einer Zusammenfassung existierender Befunde zur Wirksamkeit der Methode beschreiben die Autoren das Studiendesign und die verwendeten Forschungsinstrumente.In mehreren Kapiteln werden die Ergebnisse verschiedener Teilaspekte vorgestellt, unter anderem die Wirksamkeit von Aufstellungsseminaren nach einem Jahr. Abbildungen und Tabellen inklusive statistischer Details ergänzen die Darstellung, die auch für Laien verständlich und nachvollziehbar ist.Die beiden Studientherapeuten, Diana Drexler und Gunthard Weber, kommen in einem Interview zu Wort. Nach einer kritischen Diskussion der verwendeten Methodik geben die Autoren abschließend Anregungen für zukünftige Forschungen.Mit Beiträgen von: Annette Bornhäuser - Diana Drexler - Christina Hunger - Julia Knierim - Theresa Koch - Leoni Link - Andreas Reinhard - Jochen Schweitzer - Julia Thom - Gunthard Weber - Jan Weinhold - Julia-Elisabeth Wolff - Jelena Zwingmann. 219 pp. Deutsch.

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    Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Die Arbeit mit Systemaufstellungen, also der räumlichen Abbildung von Beziehungen durch Stellvertreter, wurde immer wieder kontrovers diskutiert - aber bisher relativ wenig erforscht. An der Universität Heidelberg wurde ihre Wirksamkeit nun erstmals in einer randomisiert-kontrollierten Studie überprüft.Das Buch stellt den Aufbau und die Ergebnisse der Heidelberger Studie vor, bei der über 200 Teilnehmer von acht Aufstellungsseminaren befragt wurden. Nach einer Einführung in die Aufstellungsmethode und einer Zusammenfassung existierender Befunde zur Wirksamkeit der Methode beschreiben die Autoren das Studiendesign und die verwendeten Forschungsinstrumente.In mehreren Kapiteln werden die Ergebnisse verschiedener Teilaspekte vorgestellt, unter anderem die Wirksamkeit von Aufstellungsseminaren nach einem Jahr. Abbildungen und Tabellen inklusive statistischer Details ergänzen die Darstellung, die auch für Laien verständlich und nachvollziehbar ist.Die beiden Studientherapeuten, Diana Drexler und Gunthard Weber, kommen in einem Interview zu Wort. Nach einer kritischen Diskussion der verwendeten Methodik geben die Autoren abschließend Anregungen für zukünftige Forschungen.Mit Beiträgen von: Annette Bornhäuser - Diana Drexler - Christina Hunger - Julia Knierim - Theresa Koch - Leoni Link - Andreas Reinhard - Jochen Schweitzer - Julia Thom - Gunthard Weber - Jan Weinhold - Julia-Elisabeth Wolff - Jelena Zwingmann. 219 pp. Deutsch.

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    Paperback. Condition: New. Rituals transform citizens into presidents and princesses into queens. They transform sick persons into healthy ones, and public space into prohibited sanctuary. Shamanic rituals heal, legal rituals bind, political rituals ratify, and religious rituals sanctify. But how exactly do they accomplish these things? How do rituals work? This is the question of ritual efficacy, and although it is one of the very first questions that people everywhere ask of rituals, surprisingly little has been written on the topic. In fact, this collection of 10 contributed essays is the first to explicitly address the question of ritual efficacy. The authors do not aspire to answer the question 'how do rituals work?' in a simplistic fashion, but rather to show how complex the question is. While some contributors do indeed advance a particular theory of ritual efficacy, others ask whether the question makes any sense at all, and most show how complex it is by referring to the sociocultural environment in which it is posed, since the answer depends on who is asking the question, and what criteria they use to evaluate the efficacy of ritual. In his introduction, William Sax emphasizes that the very notion of ritual efficacy is a suspicious one because, according to a widespread 'modern' and 'scientific' viewpoint, rituals are merely expressive, and therefore cannot be efficacious. Rituals are thought of as superficial, 'merely symbolic,' and certainly not effective. Nevertheless many people insist that rituals 'work,' and the various positions taken on the question tell us a great deal about the social and historical background of the people involved. One essay, for example, illuminates a dispute between 'materialist' and 'enlightenment' Catholics in Ecuador, with the former affirming the notion of ritual efficacy and the latter doubting it. In other essays, contributors address instances in which orthodox religious figures (mullahs, church authorities, and even scientific positivists) discount the efficacy of rituals. In several of the essays, 'modern' people are suspicious of rituals and tend to deny their efficacy, confirming the theme highlighted in Sax's introduction.

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    Hardback. Condition: New. Rituals transform citizens into presidents and princesses into queens. They transform sick persons into healthy ones, and public space into prohibited sanctuary. Shamanic rituals heal, legal rituals bind, political rituals ratify, and religious rituals sanctify. But how exactly do they accomplish these things? How do rituals work? This is the question of ritual efficacy, and although it is one of the very first questions that people everywhere ask of rituals, surprisingly little has been written on the topic. In fact, this collection of 10 contributed essays is the first to explicitly address the question of ritual efficacy. The authors do not aspire to answer the question 'how do rituals work?' in a simplistic fashion, but rather to show how complex the question is. While some contributors do indeed advance a particular theory of ritual efficacy, others ask whether the question makes any sense at all, and most show how complex it is by referring to the sociocultural environment in which it is posed, since the answer depends on who is asking the question, and what criteria they use to evaluate the efficacy of ritual. In his introduction, William Sax emphasizes that the very notion of ritual efficacy is a suspicious one because, according to a widespread 'modern' and 'scientific' viewpoint, rituals are merely expressive, and therefore cannot be efficacious. Rituals are thought of as superficial, 'merely symbolic,' and certainly not effective. Nevertheless many people insist that rituals 'work,' and the various positions taken on the question tell us a great deal about the social and historical background of the people involved. One essay, for example, illuminates a dispute between 'materialist' and 'enlightenment' Catholics in Ecuador, with the former affirming the notion of ritual efficacy and the latter doubting it. In other essays, contributors address instances in which orthodox religious figures (mullahs, church authorities, and even scientific positivists) discount the efficacy of rituals. In several of the essays, 'modern' people are suspicious of rituals and tend to deny their efficacy, confirming the theme highlighted in Sax's introduction.