Ritual is part of what it means to be human.
What is ritual? What does it do? Is it useful? What are the various kinds of ritual? Is ritual tradition bound and conservative or innovative and transformational?Alongside description of a number of.
Ritual is unavoidable, yet it holds a place in modern life that is decidedly ambiguous.
Like sports, music, and drama, ritual defines and enriches culture, putting those who practice it in touch with sources of value and meaning larger than themselves.
Ritual is part of what it means to be human