(L-29) -Is ritual separable from other efficacious and traditional acts? Ritual The definition of ritual has long been debated ; simplifying, we can a
{"Image DocumentName": "(L-29) -Is ritual separable from other efficacious and traditional acts?", "Image ImageDescription": "The definition of ritual has long been debated ; simplifying, we can affirm that at least two approaches to rituals exist, the cognitive and the Durkheimian type , because a belief in the supernatural and the separation between sacred and non-sacred things are involved : Cognitive: by applying to religious events cognitive theories of religious rituals some scholars show that religious thought and action turn overwhelmingly on harnessing perfectly ordinary forms of cognition available to all normally equipped human beings. This approach does not agree with Mauss \u2018 criterion. Compatible with Durkheim \u2019s definition of religion: for other scholars rituals may be regarded as a subclass within religious events. For example baptism is a religious ritual because an agent (the priest) acts (sprinkles water) upon a patient (an infant) for God to accept the child as part of the Church. This approach is apparently compatible with Mauss \u2018 criterion.  For Durkheim, a religion is a unified system of. beliefs and practices relative to sacred. things that unite into one single moral community all those who adhere to them. \u25c4", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}