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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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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
Originální jazyk	angličtina
Typ výsledku	Prezentace na konferencích
Obor	60304 Religious studies
Stát vydavatele	Dánsko
Utajení	není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
WWW	URL
Organizační jednotka	Filozofická fakulta
Klíčová slova anglicky	Mauritius; religion; ritual; efficacy; costs; exegesis
Příznaky	Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změnil	Změnila: Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová, učo 361753. Změněno: 13. 2. 2023 12:27.

Anotace
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.

Anotace

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)
MUNI/A/1435/2021, interní kód MU	Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Velké otázky ve studiu náboženství: Snaha o propojování humanitní a přírodovědné expertízy