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Ritual Practice

Ritual Practice is a socially regulated form of symbolic action that is distinctively performed within culturally prescribed sequences to express, reinforce, or negotiate shared beliefs, identities, or relationships within a community.

2.2K

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140.1K

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3.1K

Authors

1.1K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

297

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Ritual Practices

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Publications

2.2K

Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior.

Edward A. Tiryakian, Erving Goffman · American Sociological Review · 1968 · 7.6K citations

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The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure

Michaël Gilsenan, Victor Turner · RAIN · 1976 · 6.8K citations

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The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual

Dan Ben-Amos, Victor Turner · Western Folklore · 1970 · 4.3K citations

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The Ritual Process. Structure and Anti-Structure

F. B. Welbourn, Victor Turner · Journal of Religion in Africa · 1971 · 3.5K citations

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Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice

James V. Spickard, Catherine Bell · Sociology of Religion · 1993 · 3.4K citations

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Authors

3.1K

  1. VT
    Victor Turner

    University of Virginia, United States

    13 publications · 18.3K citations

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  2. DX
    Dimitris Xygalatas

    University of Connecticut, United States

    13 publications · 1.3K citations

    12

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  3. JD
    J. David Knottnerus

    Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City, United States

    11 publications · 265 citations

    11

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  4. MI
    Michael I. Norton

    Harvard University, United States

    10 publications · 737 citations

    10

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  5. DZ
    Dániel Z. Kádár

    Dalian University of Foreign Languages, China

    10 publications · 265 citations

    10

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Institutions

1.1K

  1. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    16 h-index

    27 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    15 h-index

    30 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    15 h-index

    30 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    23 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    14 h-index

    17 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    14 h-index

    19 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    13 h-index

    29 publications

    3.8K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    13 h-index

    28 publications

    2.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 82 publications · 7.8K citations

    45

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  2. Man

    57 publications · 4.9K citations

    32

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  3. American Ethnologist

    AE · 37 publications · 2K citations

    23

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  4. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

    JSSR · 32 publications · 4.7K citations

    22

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  5. American Anthropologist

    37 publications · 2.5K citations

    21

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