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<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article works with theory of ritual in order to begin addressing a series of questions raised by Brazilian spirit possession rituals (in Kardecism and Umbanda). Four contributions to theory of ritual highlight relevant conceptual issues: Humphrey and Laidlaw on non-intentionality; Bloch on deference; Houseman and Severi on social relations; and Kapferer on virtuality. Strawson’s philosophical distinction between objective and reactive attitudes toward intentionality is used to make a case (i) that certain formal aspects of ritual (indexicals) serve to (ii) mark culturally-variable attitudes to agency within rituals, which are related to, but fundamentally distinct from, non-ritual attitudes to agency.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2009
Keywords: ritual; social relations; Umbanda; agency; indexicality; Brazil; Kardecism; theory of ritual
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