Ritual: What It Is, How It Works, and Why

by Robbie Davis-Floyd and Charles D. Laughlin

Book Overview

Designed for both academic and lay audiences, this book identifies the characteristics of ritual and, via multiple examples, details how ritual works on the human body and brain to produce its often profound effects. These include enhancing courage, effecting healing, and generating group cohesion by enacting cultural-or individual-beliefs and values. It also shows what happens when ritual fails.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800735308
• ISBN13: 9781800735309
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"