276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this book, Ronald Grimes tells an intensely personal story about the role of ritual in his own rich and sometimes difficult life. His critique of ritual impoverishment in North America reveals the extraordinary potential that ritualizing holds for negotiating and enriching transitions.
Beginning -- Initiating -- Cowboy Christianity -- Good Guys and the Wiles of Perfection -- Guardian of the Thresholds -- Zen Clown -- Marrying -- Marrying by the Book -- Blood Wedding -- A Wedding that Weds -- Burying -- Bird Droppings on the Buddha -- A Funeral Undone -- Words for A Bundling Rite -- Oh, Give Me A Home -- Birthing -- Firstborn -- Birth by Belly -- Birth by Hand -- Cord-Cutting -- Practicing -- The Poetics of Monotony -- Ritual Practice -- The Politics of Practice -- Ending
Biography
Ronald L. Grimes
