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How far will an account of ritualized behavior go in explaining cultural rituals?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2007

Robert N. McCauley
Robert N. McCauley*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Emory University, Atlanta, GA30322http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~philrnm/
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philrnm@emory.edu
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Abstract

The theory of ritualized behavior should offer insight about cultural rituals. Considering ritualized behaviors' scripted actions and both the frequent absence of anxiety and the routinization of many cultural rituals, questions remain about how much and what precisely gets explained. Among religious rituals, ritualized behaviors arise more strikingly in special agent rituals, but that might be because they usually include novices.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 623 - 624
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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