Discourse in Ritual Studies

Hans (J.B.A.M.) Schilderman, Ph.D. (1998) in Theology, Catholic University of Nijmegen, is Associate Professor of Empirical Studies in Religion at Radboud University Nijmegen. He publishes on religious ritual and the public and professional significance of religion. Among his recent publications features Religion as a Profession (Brill 2005).

Introduction. A discourse in ritual studies ... ix
Hans Schilderman

PART ONE
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

1. Liturgical studies from a ritual studies perspective ... 3
Hans Schilderman

2. Religion, morality and ritual in evolutionary perspective ... 35
Johannes A. van der Ven

3. Towards a liturgical theory of the incarnated mind. A non-reductive naturalist view ... 81
Chris Hermans, Jacques Janssen, Lieve Gommers & Irene Houwer

4. Liturgical action from a language perspective: about performance and performatives in liturgy ... 111
Aad de Jong

PART TWO
EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES

5. Ritual, performance, and the sequestering of sacred space ... 149
Ronald L. Grimes

6. Matrimony: values and ritual. An empirical study of the relation between matrimonial values and notions about the form of ecclesiastic marriage rites ... 169
Remco Robinson and Hans Schilderman

7. Roman Catholic funeral liturgy and human finitude: Empirical explorations of life, death and afterlife in connection with liturgical memory ... 199
Thomas Quartier and Chris A. M. Hermans

8. Ministry as a ritual profession ... 229
Hans Schilderman

PART THREE
HERMENEUTIC PERSPECTIVES

9. From ritual to hermeneutics. An exploration with ethical intent ... 257
Jean-Pierre Wils

10. “Can yesterday get better?” The trouble with memory and the gift of the Eucharist. Systematic-theological reflections on the presence of the past ... 277
Georg Essen

Index ........................................................................................... 299