From your morning coffee to your Sunday skincare routine, habits compose a large part of our everyday lives. But what pushes these personal practices past the realm of patterns and into genuine ...

The Journal of Ritual Studies, founded in 1987, is a broadly based interdisciplinary journal, concentrating on the diverse, creative and globally significant topic of ritual studies. Disciplinary ...

In last month’s blog, I discussed research demonstrating the importance of ritual practice over professed belief when it came to moral behavior. Now that same theme extends to life satisfaction. Past ...

Modernity, this paper argues, has not so much abandoned ritual as it has employed rhetorical operations by which it denies the ritual character of its own activities. Following the innovative thesis ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. This holiday season millions of families will come together to celebrate their respective festivals and engage in ...

Ritual is often thought of solely in the context of a religious ceremony. However, rituals span far beyond religion, cult, or spiritual practices. A ritual is a specific act or series of acts that are ...

This story is part of Como Celebramos, in which we're sharing how we're honoring our favorite summertime Sunday rituals. Summer is upon us, and for many, the solstice on June 20 commences the season ...

A characteristic theme of classical Chinese philosophy are celebrations and criticisms of rituals and everyday micro-practices. Ruism (Confucianism), Daoism, and Mohism all contributes to debates ...

Karachi’s Canvas Gallery’s latest show ‘Siraat-e-Mustaqeem’ (The true path) by Ali Azmat breaks fresh ground on several counts. He steps out of his established role of a figurative painter to ...

In Cameroon, the breast, one of the most conspicuous signs of a woman’s femininity, is a target for ritual mutilation. Breast ironing, a practice that involves flattening a young girl’s breasts with ...