Ritual costs, efficacy and exegesis among Hindu Mauritians

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Ritual costs, efficacy and exegesis among Hindu Mauritians

MAŇO, Peter a Dimitris XYGALATAS

Základní údaje

Originální název

Ritual costs, efficacy and exegesis among Hindu Mauritians

Autoři

MAŇO, Peter a Dimitris XYGALATAS

Vydání

8th biennial meeting of the International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion 2022 Aarhus University, 19-21 September 2022, Aarhus, Denmark, 2022

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Stát vydavatele

Dánsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Mauritius; religion; ritual; efficacy; costs; exegesis

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 13. 2. 2023 12:27, Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová

Anotace

V originále

People’s motivations to partake in religious rituals often relate to external socio-cultural forces such as tradition, ancestry, and peer-pressure, or deep personal convictions centered around devotion, gratitude, or spiritual experience, among others. Simultaneously, however, devotees may also have pragmatic motivations for practicing rituals, such as the need for protection, wellbeing, or socializing, or may see those rituals as a means of fulfilling their wishes. Importantly, the deity addressed in the ritual largely defines the scope and area of divine intervention and help. But all else being equal, why do people perform the specific rituals they do, especially given that some are much costlier than others? Our fieldwork suggests that perceived ritual efficacy could be a key cognitive factor at play: people perform rituals that they consider appropriate (in terms of their structure and focus) and proportionate (in terms of their costs) to their needs and expectations. This almost contractual logic of ritual performance is best demonstrated by the concept of promise that is quintessential to the biggest religious festivals of three Hindu communities in Mauritius discussed in this ethnographic study.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1435/2021, interní kód MU

Název: Velké otázky ve studiu náboženství: Snaha o propojování humanitní a přírodovědné expertízy (Akronym: VESNA)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Velké otázky ve studiu náboženství: Snaha o propojování humanitní a přírodovědné expertízy

Citovat

MAŇO, Peter a Dimitris XYGALATAS. Ritual costs, efficacy and exegesis among Hindu Mauritians. In 8th biennial meeting of the International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion 2022 Aarhus University, 19-21 September 2022, Aarhus, Denmark. 2022.

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   title = {Ritual costs, efficacy and exegesis among Hindu Mauritians},
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MAŇO, Peter a Dimitris XYGALATAS. Ritual costs, efficacy and exegesis among Hindu Mauritians. In \textit{8th biennial meeting of the International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion 2022 Aarhus University, 19-21 September 2022, Aarhus, Denmark}. 2022.

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